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Line decor, Middle Bronze Age III Cypriot wishbone-handled bowl
Line decor, Middle Bronze Age III Cypriot, c. 1725–1625 BC. Vienna Museum, Antikensammlung, IV 4494.© Kunsthistorisches Museum

Middle Bronze Age III

Line decor

Liniekor the Small, Deep, Conical Bowl Has a Carinated, Flat, Slightly Convex Base and a Straight, Round Lip.A high, Slightly S-shaped curved wishbone handle is attached below the lip.Gray-Brown Painted Decoration: On the Lip a Circumambient Line, Below It on the Inside, Four Individual, Vertical Wavy Lines.The Exterior is divided into focus Fields by Four Axialy Arranged, Framed, Vertical Wavy Lines: In Each, Three parallel horizontal lines separate three Horizontal Bands with Lattaced triangles or Latticed Diamonds;On the Left Side, a Horizontal Double Zigzag Line.On the Bottom a cross, formed from Two Groups of Three in parallel lines.On the Handle, Four Groups of Three Circumambient Horizontal lines, which are cut on the narrow side by a vertical line;Strokes at the base of the handle.a.Bernhard-Walcher and others, the Cypricer Antique Collection in the KHM.Collection catalogs of the KHM Vol. 2, Vienna 1999 H. (mit Henkel) : 10,1 cmH. (Schale): 6,5 cm, Dm. 10,9 cm

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Shape
BowlHemispherical bowlWishbone-handled bowl
Decoration
Painted
Motifs
Wavy lines, Lattice and checkerboard, Triangles and lozenges, Zigzags and chevrons
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date
1725 - 1625 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Accession No.

Antikensammlung, IV 4494

Collection

Vienna Museum

Provenance

  • Prehistoric department/nhm Vienna;1890 Purchase of M., without judge (Inv. 16.125);1981 exchange

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