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Collector

King (forename unknown)

fl. 1892

Collector, active in 1892.

Life and work

  1. 25 April 1892
    Bought lot 489, a pear-shaped serpentine vase, 5 in. high, with a Cypriot syllabic inscription of three signs (pa-la-ko) on the base, at the Lawrence-Cesnola sale of 25 April 1892

    LondonMasson 1996, p. 22

Objects

  • Serpentine vase, 5 in. high, pear-shaped, base inscribed with three Cypriot syllabic signs pa-la-ko (Salaminia fig. 115, 'from Salamina')

    From Salamis (per Salaminia)25 April 1892Masson 1996, p. 22

Sources

  1. 1.Olivier Masson (1996). “La dispersion des antiquités chypriotes: les deux collections Cesnola”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 25, 3-32. Online
  2. 2.Wikipedia contributors. “Charles William King”. Wikipedia. Online