A CYPRIOT WHEELMADE WHITE PAINTED WARE ZOOMORPHIC-SPOUTED RING VESSEL
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A CYPRIOT WHEELMADE WHITE PAINTED WARE ZOOMORPHIC-SPOUTED RING VESSEL

LATE BRONZE AGE/EARLY IRON AGE, 11TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.

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A CYPRIOT WHEELMADE WHITE PAINTED WARE ZOOMORPHIC-SPOUTED RING VESSEL
LATE BRONZE AGE/EARLY IRON AGE, 11TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
The hollow ring with bull-headed side spout, a loop handle on the opposite side, the bull with trumpet-shaped muzzle, forward-curving horns and dark-painted eyes, the body decorated with brown-painted triangular motifs towards the rear and line-filled triangles behind the spout, repaired with restoration
10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) diam. max.

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PUBLISHED:
The Art of Ancient Cyprus, p. 83, pl. 151.