Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus
Base Ring II Female Figure, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot statue
Base Ring II Female Figure, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1450–1200 BC. British Museum, 1897,0401.1237.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age II

Base Ring II Female Figure

Head and upper body of female figure of Base-Ring II ware wearing a flat cap and originally holding her arms across her middle, arms now missing; hand-made, hollow construction; applied pellets for eyes; large pinched nose; incised detail for mouth and nostrils, incised lines preserved at the top of the pubic triangle; the cap is a separately applied disc of clay sealing the top of the head, with traces of black paint remaining; black and red bands at neck partially preserved; thin, matt brown self-slip; fabric brown with grey core; surface poorly preserved. Dimensions: Height: 10 centimetres max ; Thickness: 4.70 centimetres; Width: 4.50 centimetres Object Type: figure Ware: Base Ring Ware Series: Base Ring II Techniques: painted; handmade; applied; incised

Classification

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

Browse the catalogue by ware, shape, period and more →

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi

Identifiers

Accession no.
1897,0401.1237, British Museum · Museum record

Also recorded as

Corrections and additions

Do you know this object?

We are always looking for more of an object's history: who owned it, where it was sold or shown, and where it was published.

Missing from this record

  • No publication recorded

We would like to hear about

  • Earlier owners, sales or exhibitions
  • Publications that illustrate or mention it
  • Where it is now, if it has moved
  • Better photographs, or a close parallel
  • A mistake in what we say about it
Write to us

or alexis@ancientcyprus.com

Messages are read by us alone and kept confidential, unless the law requires otherwise. Tell us if you would like to be thanked by name on the page.

Similar pieces