A CYPRIOT BASE RING WARE FEMALE FIGURE
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A CYPRIOT BASE RING WARE FEMALE FIGURE

LATE BRONZE AGE, 1450-1200 B.C.

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A CYPRIOT BASE RING WARE FEMALE FIGURE
LATE BRONZE AGE, 1450-1200 B.C.
Of Pubic Triangle type, with flattened headdress pressing down the projecting ears, with pointed nose and chin, circular eyes and slit mouth, broad neck, hands held beneath the breasts, incised navel and pubic hair triangle, feet pointing downwards, faint traces of black paint on the neck and pubic triangle
7½ in. (19.1 cm.) high

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PUBLISHED:
The Art of Ancient Cyprus, pp. 167-168, pl. 193.

For close parallels, cf. V. Karageorghis, Ancient Cypriote Art in the Severis Collection, Athens, 1999, pp. 162-164, nos. 122-123; the figures each with hands to their breasts in a gesture symbolising fertility.