C16

Cypriot burnished pottery bowl

A red burnished pottery hemispherical bowl with a single pierced lug handle and a rounded base.

Cyprus, Early Bronze Age, 2500-1900 BC

Some stabilised cracks and a hole on the body, rim chipped with a small repair in one place.

Size: 9.2 x 14.8 cms

Ex. collection: Jorgen Jacobsen, Bornholm, Denmark. Acquired while on UN duty with the Danish peace-keeping forces on Cyprus (Dancon X/XI) between October 1968 and October 1969. This item is part of a large collection of Cypriot antiquities acquired by Mr Jacobsen from antiques shops in Cyprus during his one-year stay on the island.