C23

Cypriot Early Bronze Age large pottery cup

A pale red slip coated pottery hemispherical bowl mounted with a tall wish-bone shaped handle and three protruding lugs around the rim.

Cyprus, Early Bronze Age, 2500-1900 BC

Repaired from several large pieces, some patches of painted plaster infill along the edge of the rim.

Size: 15 x 15.2 cms (including handle)

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.