Cypriot Bucchero Two-Handled Cup

Cypriot Bucchero Two-Handled Cup

Description:

Pottery two-handled cup in Cypriot Bucchero or related ware; hand-made; globular body on a low ring base; two small opposing loop handles; plain rim with undulating surface as if worked with a tool; body is roughly fluted with a rectangular tool, with a series of puncture-like holes at the top of space between each incision; thick coarse clay fired black.


Dimensions: Height: 6.70 centimetres


Object Type: cup


Ware: Cypriot Bucchero Ware


Techniques: handmade; incised

Period:

Late Bronze Age III

Date:

1200 - 1050 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Kourion

Accession Number:

1982,0729.332