Lot 36

ANCIENT CYPRIOT BICHROME WARE DISH
CYPRUS, CYPRO-GEOMETRIC PERIOD, C. 1000 - 750 B.C.




Antiquities and African & Oceanic Art
Auction: Antiquities - 31 July 2024 at 2pm
£2,142
Description
painted terracotta, the wide, shallow dish with dual strap handles, the interior decorated two widely-spaced, narrow, concentric bands, the reverse decorated with an umber circle surrounding the centre, encircled by three thin concentric bands, with four evenly spaced black triangles featuring cross-hatching, the handle marked with an old collection number reading: '24' and Cypriot export tag
Dimensions
28.6cm wide
Provenance
Provenance:
Cyprus Museum of Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA; accession number 356
Footnote
Note:
For similar, please see: Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Cambridge 2 (Oxford, 1936), pl.X, no.35



