Beschreibung:

PHOENICIAN SHIPWRECK POTTERY AMPHORA IRON AGE, 1050-850 B.C. 24 in. (7.35 kg total, 61 cm high including stand). With small looped side handles, short sloping shoulder and ring neck, slender body tapering to a pointed base. PROVENANCE: Ex old Lebanese collection imported into Germany in the middle of the 1970s. Acquired Bonhams, London, 20 October 2005, no.413 (part). Property of a North London collector, acquired from a Cambridgeshire gentleman in 2007. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages. Accompanied by a previous owner's certificate of authenticity. LITERATURE: Cf. Markoe, G. E., Peoples of the Past: Phoenicians, Berkeley, 2000, fig.65a, p.162. CONDITION