Early Cypriot Terracotta Bottle

BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2300-1650 B.C.

4 1/2 in. (142 grams, 11.5 cm high).

Black burnished with rounded underside, incised pattern of roundels and linear bands to shoulder and neck, flared rim. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the collection of Mr Leinonen, by descent to his son, Stan Leinonen.

Published

Exhibited: On loan to the Detroit Institute of Arts 6th December 1983 - 24th April, 2019.
On view in Hallway East of Rivera Court circa 1989 and again in European Medieval and Renaissance in the 2000's.

Literature

Cf. similar item in the collection of the British Museum, London, under accession number 1888,0927.20.

CONDITION

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