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Cypriot Poppy Jug
An ancient Cypriot pottery jug, or bilbil, in the form of an inverted poppy, with a flared lip, loop handle, and linear grooves around the neck and body. Ca. 1600-1450 BC. Height: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm) Intact. Opium residue has been found in excavated examples of this type of Cypriot poppy-form vase. Cf. V. Karageorghis, Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection, (New York, 2000), nos. 57, 58, p. 41. Formerly in a Connecticut private collection, acquired in the 1970s, old collection number: 76.30B.
Inv#: 8053
$700

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