A Cypriot Early Bronze Age storage jar, Early Cypriot III, ca. 2100 – 1900 BC, Handmade pottery storage jar (‘amphora’) in red polished ware; the globular body with rounded base and tall cylindrical neck with everted rim; pair of opposing horned handles from lower neck to shoulder; decorated with lime-filled incisions: zig-zags and bands composed of parallel lines. H 22 cm, Recomposed from several fragments and restored with areas of infill and overpainting. Provenance: -Collection of Art Historian Prof. Dr. Albert Blankert, The Hague. -Purchased 09-22-2006 at Auction Cahn (Basel), Lot# 304. -Before in the collection of Desmond Morris. Published in: Morris D. The Art of Ancient Cyprus (Oxford 1985), 67, Pl. 102b. Cf. British Museum, Museum number 1888,0927.29,