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Line decor, Middle Bronze Age III Cypriot ring vase, White Painted III
Line decor, Middle Bronze Age III Cypriot, White Painted III, c. 1725–1625 BC. Vienna Museum, Antikensammlung, IV 4424.© Kunsthistorisches Museum

Middle Bronze Age III

Line decor

Liniekor ring -shaped cast vessels are known from the early to the late Bronze Age in the various ceramic genera, but are only documented by a few copies.The Askos can be assigned to the characteristic painting of the White Painted Ware III.Bernhard-Walcher u.Collection catalogs of the KHM Vol. 2, Vienna: 1999 H. 10,9 cm, L. 15,7 cm

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
White Painted ware (Bronze Age)White Painted III (Bronze Age)
Shape
Special and ritual vesselsRing vase
Decoration
Painted
Motif
Bands and lines
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date
1725 - 1625 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Collection

Vienna Museum

Provenance

  • Prehistoric department/nhm Vienna;1890 Purchase of Max, without judge (Inv. 16.126);1958 exchange

Identifiers

Accession no.
Antikensammlung, IV 4424, Vienna Museum

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