CYPRIOT POLISHED TERRACOTTA JUG WITH SPOUT AND GEOMETRIC MOTIFS Ca. 1600 - 1200 BC. A terracotta jug with a rounded body, short neck, and wide flaring rim, fitted with a curved handle and a long, upward-angled spout emerging from the shoulder. The surface is polished and decorated with incised linear bands encircling the body and base of the neck. For similar see: V. Karageorghis, Ancient Art from Cyprus, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, cat. 292, p. 179. Size: 175mm x 130mm; Weight: 340g Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the UK art market; previously in a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.