Cypriot Early Bronze Age Polished Red Ware Pitcher

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 Early Bronze Age Polished Red Ware Pitcher, circa 2000 B.C., spherical form with a long neck supporting a bifurcate handle and frontal lug pierced for suspension; raised decoration includes two stylized goats and two suspended medallions on the shoulder; serpentine forms grace the neck. A Sotheby's lot sticker is on the underside.

22.5 in.

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

Ex. Erlenmeyer Collection, Sotheby's Lot 13, 9/7/90.

Restored from fragments; fine appearance.