Bowl
About this object
History of use
Container for food.
Narrative
Bichrome IV Ware. Cypro-Archaic I.
Physical description
Red clay bowl, fine-grained with a few small white limestone particles and a very large quantity of fine gold mica. Thin cream slip covers exterior. Dark red and lack, thin, matt paint. Shallow bowl with a flat very slightly raised base. Two pierced lugs attached to rim. Decoration on interior consists of seven concentric black bands near bottom and one thick band in centre. On the exterior, the rim is defined by both red and black paint. The outside wall exhibits a series of black and red bands of varying widths and spacing.
Date Made
725 B.C.E.-600 B.C.E.
Date Acquired
Jun 1957
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 4 cm x 12.9 cm x 11.5 cm
Object Number
M1.49