C26

Cypriot Early Bronze Age painted pottery bowl

A buff pottery hemispherical bowl with a single pierced lug handle and the outer body decorated with red wavy lines.

Cyprus, Early Bronze Age, 2500-1900 BC

General light surface wear as seen in the photographs otherwise intact

Size: 5.4 x 8.6 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.