LARGE CYPRIOT POTTERY AMPHORA - EX CHRISTIE'S. Ca. 1050 - 750 BC A thick-walled, heavy pottery vessel with an acorn-shaped body standing on a tapered, flat foot. Two thick and sturdy handles emerge from the widest point of the body and loop upwards. The curved shoulder gives way to a nearly straight, slightly hourglass-shaped cylindrical neck. The thick rim is painted with a broad meander line, bands of linear and concentric circles on the neck and body with bands of differing widths, all in deep brown on the tan coloured natural ground. Size: 500mm x 460mm; Weight: 8.03kg. Private UK collection, formed since the 1970s. 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, Object Number: 74.51.992. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.