HUGE CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA LENTOID FLASK. Ca. 700 - 600 BC A beautiful pottery flask presenting a flattened, circular body, a slender, tubular neck, and a flared rim flanked by a pair of ribbon-form handles, all enveloped in a red-hued slip. Decorated with white concentric circles on each face, this vessel was manufactured in Cyprus for export to the Holy Land and is known as a target flask or a pilgrim's flask. Size: 270mm x 210mm; Weight: 1.6kg. Provenance: Property of a London gallery, acquired on the US art market; Ex.Dr. W. Benson Harer collection, LA; Ex. Emil Brugsch, Bulaq Museum, 1894. Sold to Drexel Institute, Phila. Then sold to the Minneapolis Institute of Art in 1916. Sold to L. Blumka, 1958. Ex. Superior Galleries, LA. to Dr. Harer, March 1976. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number 74.51.428. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. Exhibited: Drexel Museum, Phila. 1895-1914. Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1915-1958. LACMA, 1986-1991. Temple, Tomb and Dwelling at San Bernardino County Museum and Cal State, 1992-1993. Item #74A. Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, 1993. CSUSB periodically 1994-2023. This item comes with a copy of MIA file card, Item #16.578.