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LOT 0038
Early Cypriot Terracotta Bowl
BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2300-1650 B.C.
4 3/8 in. (163 grams, 11 cm wide).
Hemispherical in form, black burnished finish with small loop below the rim, incised geometric bands with hatching.
ProvenanceEx private Bonn collection, acquired c.1960-1970.
LiteratureCf. similar item in the British Museum, London, under reference 1939,0217.16.
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Red burnished-ware pottery became the dominant pottery ware lasting into the Middle Bronze Age on the island of Cyprus. Vessels were handmade and covered with a slip, which was burnished and often decorated with patterns incised with a sharp cutting edge before being fired. Potters were able to produce vessels that were either mottled or painted in two colours, often red outside and black inside and on the exterior of the rim.
