Large Cypro-Archaic Bichrome 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.

Large Cypro-Archaic Bichrome Amphora, 8th-7th century B.C., two vertical handles, ring base, paint decoration includes horizontal bands throughout, two registers of concentric circles on the shoulder and another on the neck.

25.75 in.

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

Old chips to the rim; wear and losses to paint; light pitting with some abrasions.