A large ancient Cypriot bichrome ware spherical oinochoe, the body pained with concentric bands in gray and ochre bands, interspersed with gray concentric circles throughout.
Cypro-Archaic.
Ca. 750 – 600 BC.
Bichrome ware originated in early Iron Age Phoenicia and spread to Cyprus where it became for a time the dominant pottery style.
Formerly in the collection of Artemis A. W. Joukowsky (1930-2020) and Dr. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (1936-2022), Providence, Rhode Island.
$7,500