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Bichrome Ware Stand, Geometric Cypriot
Bichrome Ware Stand, Geometric Cypriot, c. 1050–750 BC. British Museum, 1899,1229.5.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Geometric

Bichrome Ware Stand

Pottery stand for a lamp, small bowl or incense burner in Bichrome ware; three splaying rectangular feet; neck ridge just below flaring neck with everted rounded rim; pink-buff fabric and slip; red and black bichrome banded decoration; rim incomplete, edges of legs are chipped and worn. Dimensions: Height: 14 centimetres Object Type: lamp-stand; incense-burner-stand; stand Ware: Bichrome Ware Techniques: painted

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Bichrome ware (Iron Age)
Shape
Special and ritual vesselsTripod and stand
Decoration
PaintedPainted in two colours
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Geometric
Date
1050 - 750 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Palaepaphos

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Kouklia

Identifiers

Accession no.
1899,1229.5, British Museum · Museum record

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