Cypriot Bronze Age Polished Red and Black Ware Amphora

This lot from the Cyprus Museum of Jacksonville, NC is accompanied by two documents demonstrating that the collection was acquired legally with the full knowledge of the Cypriot Government.

The first document, a one page official message dated January 1990 and signed by Cypriot President George Vassiliou, praises the North Carolina museum and endorses its cultural and historic mission.

The second document is a notarized affidavit signed by the museum's director. It declares that all of the museum's antiquities were acquired legally with the full knowledge of the Cypriot Government and that there were documented visits to the museum by Cypriot dignitaries.

Cypriot Bronze Age Polished Red and Black Ware Amphora, circa 2500-2000 B.C., twin vertical handles, flat base; incised geometric decoration with white fill on the upper body, shoulder, and neck.

11 in.

A Single-Owner Collection of Cypriot History & Culture from The Cyprus Museum of Jacksonville, North Carolina

A very rare piece.

Very old reconstruction from fragments; fine appearance.