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Base Ring Mother and Child Figure, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot statue
Base Ring Mother and Child Figure, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1450–1200 BC. British Museum, 1897,0401.1284.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age II

Base Ring Mother and Child Figure

Terracotta female figure holding infant; Base Ring II ware; hand-made; flattened, solid construction; two double pierced ears, with all four hanging circular ear-rings preserved; beak-shaped nose and large applied pellets for eyes; short body with exaggerated hips, tapering to stubby feet, slightly out-turned; arms and hands clasping the higly stylised infant to her chest; incised detail of horizontal bands around neck, diagonal strokes and lines, and three horizontal lines on one side, on pubic triangle and upper thighs; incised vertical line indicating legs, fingers also delineated. Dimensions: Height: 13.30 centimetres; Thickness: 2.90 centimetres body ; Width: 5.10 centimetres Object Type: figure Ware: Base Ring Ware Series: Base Ring II Techniques: handmade; incised; pierced; applied

Classification

Object type
Terracotta figurine
Ware
Base Ring ware
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)Late Cypriot II
Date
1450 - 1200 BC
Place of production
probablyCyprus
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Enkomi

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi

Identifiers

Accession no.
1897,0401.1284, British Museum · Museum record

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