Lot 125
125
TWO LARGE CYPRIOT BLACK-BOTTOMED RED POLISHED WARE BOWLS
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TWO LARGE CYPRIOT BLACK-BOTTOMED RED POLISHED WARE BOWLS

EARLY BRONZE AGE, 2500-1900 B.C.

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TWO LARGE CYPRIOT BLACK-BOTTOMED RED POLISHED WARE BOWLS
EARLY BRONZE AGE, 2500-1900 B.C.
Comprising a hemispherical bowl of stylized bird form, the tail in the form of a trough spout, a pierced pointed lug as the head on the rim opposite, and two projecting bi-lobed wing-shaped lugs on either side, the exterior red glazed, one lug repaired; and another bowl similar, with twin cutaway spouts, small bi-lobed lug on the rim above, a pierced pointed lug on the rim opposite with incised hatches on the flattened top, and a diminutive lug on each side, minor restoration
10 7/8 in. (27.7 cm.) diam. max. (2)
Exhibited
Item two: The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1985.
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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
The Art of Ancient Cyprus, p. 23, pl. 15b (item one) and p. 100, pl. 162 (item two).

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