Lot 184
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A CYPRIOT MOTTLED RED POLISHED WARE FOUR-BOWL VESSEL
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A CYPRIOT MOTTLED RED POLISHED WARE FOUR-BOWL VESSEL

EARLY BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2000-1900 B.C

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A CYPRIOT MOTTLED RED POLISHED WARE FOUR-BOWL VESSEL
EARLY BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2000-1900 B.C
The four hemispherical bowls joined to central support and raised on tall stem, the knobbed stem with small tripod base, each foot with incised 'toes', the bowls with diminutive rim-lugs, repaired, one foot restored
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high
Exhibited
The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1985.
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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
The Art of Ancient Cyprus, p. 101, pl. 165.

There appear to be no known parallels for this stemmed multi-bowl type.

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