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Cypriot Bronze Age Polished Red Ware Vessel, Early Bronze Age III Cypriot jug, Red Polished ware
Cypriot Bronze Age Polished Red Ware Vessel, Early Bronze Age III Cypriot, Red Polished ware, c. 2025–1975 BC. Cyprus Museum, Jacksonville.© Cyprus Museum, Jacksonville

Early Bronze Age III

Cypriot Bronze Age Polished Red Ware Vessel

Cypriot Bronze Age Polished Red Ware Vessel, circa 2000 B. C. , linear motifs filled with white adorn the surfaces from the shoulder to just below the spout; three applied birds are at the base of the neck, which supports a decorative strap handle. 20 in. Some chips and pitting to extremities; restoration to the ovoid body indicated by some filled hairlines; the neck has been re-glued above the handle; repairs to the rim of the spout. Sale Price: $7,000

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Red Polished ware
Shape
Jug
Decoration techniques
IncisedIncised and white-filled, Relief and appliedModelled figures and attachments
Motif
Bird
Material
Clay
Place of production
Cyprus
Date
2025 - 1975 BC

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Provenance

  • Cyprus Museum, Jacksonville

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