Two Cypriot terracotta dogs and a Roman bronze dog Circa 7th Century B.C.-2nd Century A.D. Comprising a Bichrome ware dog depicted with alert ears and short raised tail, with red and black banded decoration; another plain white ware dog of similar form; and a Roman bronze dog seated on a plinth, wearing a collar with incised stippled fur, 6cm-14cm long (3) Fußnoten Provenance: Smaller dog: Desmond Morris collection, Oxford, acquired prior to 1985. Two other dogs: Desmond Morris collection, Oxford, acquired in the 1990s. Published: D Morris The Art of Ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, p.221, pl.247 (The plain white ware dog). For a Cypriot Iron Age dog with painted decoration see V. Karageorghis, Cypriote Antiquities in the Pierides Collection, Athens, 1973, p. 138, no. 76
Two Cypriot terracotta dogs and a Roman bronze dog Circa 7th Century B.C.-2nd Century A.D. Comprising a Bichrome ware dog depicted with alert ears and short raised tail, with red and black banded decoration; another plain white ware dog of similar form; and a Roman bronze dog seated on a plinth, wearing a collar with incised stippled fur, 6cm-14cm long (3) Fußnoten Provenance: Smaller dog: Desmond Morris collection, Oxford, acquired prior to 1985. Two other dogs: Desmond Morris collection, Oxford, acquired in the 1990s. Published: D Morris The Art of Ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, p.221, pl.247 (The plain white ware dog). For a Cypriot Iron Age dog with painted decoration see V. Karageorghis, Cypriote Antiquities in the Pierides Collection, Athens, 1973, p. 138, no. 76
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