EARLY BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2000-1850 B.C.
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A CYPRIOT RED POLISHED WARE BOWL
EARLY BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2000-1850 B.C.
The hemispherical bowl with three trough spouts around the rim, a double-pierced lug handle opposite, small rim restoration; and a Roman terracotta mask of young Dionysos, wearing berried foliate fillet above his forehead, long curled hair framing his face, pierced for attachment, mounted, 1st Century B.C.
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) diam. max.; and 4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm.) high respectively (2)
EARLY BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2000-1850 B.C.
The hemispherical bowl with three trough spouts around the rim, a double-pierced lug handle opposite, small rim restoration; and a Roman terracotta mask of young Dionysos, wearing berried foliate fillet above his forehead, long curled hair framing his face, pierced for attachment, mounted, 1st Century B.C.
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) diam. max.; and 4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm.) high respectively (2)
Provenance
Acquired from Charles Ede Ltd., London, 1983 (item one) and 1989 (item two).
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