
Late Bronze Age II
Cypriot Late Bronze Age Polished Red Ware Spindle Bottle
Cypriot Late Bronze Age Polished Red Ware Spindle Bottle, circa 1400 B. C. , one-handled form gracefully tapering downward to a circular base. 12 1/8 in. With Sotheby's auction hang tag as Lot 139, July 11, 1990. Some surface chips, else intact. Sale Price: $1,100
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Ware
- probablyRed Lustrous Wheelmade ware
- Shape
- BottleSpindle bottle
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 1425 - 1375 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Collection
Provenance
- Cyprus Museum, Jacksonville
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