A CYPRIOT BASE RING WARE MOTHER AND CHILD
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A CYPRIOT BASE RING WARE MOTHER AND CHILD

LATE BRONZE AGE, 1450-1200 B.C.

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A CYPRIOT BASE RING WARE MOTHER AND CHILD
LATE BRONZE AGE, 1450-1200 B.C.
Of Pubic Triangle type, the female figure cradling a baby in her arms as it suckles at her left breast, the head with pinched nose, circular eyes and incised eyebrows, with large protruding semicircular ears each pierced three times, with neck-band, broad pubic hair triangle and tapered legs, the baby with pinched nose, eyes and ears indicated, its arms clasping the mother's chest, restored, mounted
7½ in. (19.2 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
The Art of Ancient Cyprus, pp. 170 and 172-173, pl. 198.

For a close parallel, cf. V. Karageorghis, The Civilization of Prehistoric Cyprus, Athens, 1976, p. 194, pl. 160.

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