Painted Ceramic Spouted Bowl, Middle Bronze Age, Cyprus
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A beautiful painted ceramic bowl with ancient dark red pigment on lighter red background from ancient Cyprus. A well formed spout, and a hole at the other end for attachment. Excellent original pigment and a 19th century collection number. Intact with no apparent repairs. From a bronze age culture under domination at the time by the Assyrians, and heavily influenced by neighboring Minoan culture on Crete.A piece showing less fine paint is illustrated, plate 22, The Art of Ancient Cyprus, Desmond Morris, Phaidon Press, Oxford. Circa 1800 BC.Ex-Howard Nowes.10.25 in. x 3 in. / 26 cm. / 8 cm.
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Painted Ceramic Spouted Bowl, Middle Bronze Age, Cyprus
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