A CUP, STIRRUP JAR AND PYXIS H. max. 14 cm. Red... Lot 26

A CUP, STIRRUP JAR AND PYXIS H. max. 14 cm. Red sand-coloured clay, in places with red slip, polished or red matt glaze, white paint. Eastern Mediterranean. a) CUP. - Biconical; flat base. Framed frieze of white chevrons on the outside. Reassembled; seams restored; edge worn. Eastern Mediterranean, MBA III-LBA I, 1700-1550 B.C. b) STIRRUP JAR. - Round, squat form; ring foot. Stirrup handle with funnel mouth in front of it. Both surrounded by painted-on fans and vigorously drawn concave and convex double bands. Body undamaged; mouth and ring foot restored. Abraded in places. Mycenaean, LH IIIA2-LH IIIB2, 1375-1190 B.C. c) SMALL PYXIS. - Four pierced feet and four more pierced lugs on the shoulder. Body undamaged; edge and two lugs worn. Eastern Mediterranean, EBA III-MBA I, 2000-1800 B.C. Provenance: a) Formerly Bavarian priv. coll. 1997. b) Formerly Coll. B.G. Munich, 25.4.2002. c) Formerly Bavarian private Coll. Lindner, 5.7.2004. On a) for the form, cf. a one-handled cup classified as Cypriot White Painted Ware (but with a different handle), Middle Cypriot III-Late Cypriot I, 1700-1550 B.C., see BM - 1884,1210.99. For the decoration, cf. chevron pattern cups classified as Cypriot Red Polished Reserved Slip Ware in Morris - 1985, 24. 26 no. 6 pl. 18 (dated Middle Cypriot); Yon - 1976, 78 fig. 23. b) Related in terms of decoration, CVA Stuttgart (1) pl. 4, 1-2; related in terms of both form and decoration, CVA Frankfurt (1) pl. 2, 6-7. On the form, cf. Mountjoy - 2001, 77 no. 169. c) Cf. a Cypriot Red Polished Ware jar with lugs, Early Cypriot III-Middle Cypriot I, 2000-1800 B.C., see BM - 1937,1118.2. TASSE, BÜGELKANNE UND PYXIS H. max. 14 cm. Roter-sandfarbener Ton, partiell roter Überzug, poliert oder roter Mattfirnis, weisse Deckfarbe. Östliche Mittelmeerregion, Ägäische Bronzezeit, a) TASSE. - Bikonisch; flache Standfläche. Aussen gerahmter, weisser Winkeldekorfries. Zusammengesetzt; Ergänzungen an den Nähten; Rand bestossen. Östliches Mittelmeer, MBA II