W6

Levantine pseudo-Cypriot pottery bowl

A shallow pottery bowl decorated with grey painted circles and triangular dentations around the rim in imitation of Cypriot pottery of similar design.

Syria or Palestine, early 1st Millennium BC

A couple of chips on the rim and areas of wear as seen in the photographs

Size: 12.2 x 3.2 cms

Ex. collection: Ken Tullett, Dorset, UK; acquired 1970's/1980's. This item is part of a collection of several hundred antiquities accumulated over 50 years in London and the South Coast. Mr. Tullett frequently authenticated his purchases with the British Museum and kept notes on many items detailing where they were bought; where such references are available we will include details with the item when sold.