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Open Bowl

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

CULTURE Cypriot
MEDIUM Clay, slip
  • Possible Place Made: Cyprus
  • DATES 1700–1600 B.C.E.
    PERIOD Middle Cypriot III Period
    DIMENSIONS 2 7/16 x Diam. 4 1/2 in. (6.2 x 11.5 cm)  (show scale)
    ACCESSION NUMBER X469
    CREDIT LINE Brooklyn Museum Collection
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Open bowl, irregularly round, with one broken handle. Thin buff-colored ware, apparently slipped and with brown geometric decoration: interior bottom-circular zig-zag line and small circle in center; u-shaped scallops around inner lip edge; horizontal zig-zag between two horizontal stripes around outer lip; geometric (diagonal parallel lines, circles, etc.) around widest part of body; exterior bottom-crossed parallel straight lines. Condition: Handle broken away ca. 1 cm. from its attachment to bowl. Decoration worn on several areas around lip, inside and out.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Cypriot. Open Bowl, 1700–1600 B.C.E. Clay, slip, 2 7/16 x Diam. 4 1/2 in. (6.2 x 11.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X469. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X469_print_NegA_bw.jpg)
    IMAGE profile, CUR.X469_print_NegA_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2009
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    Cypriot. <em>Open Bowl</em>, 1700–1600 B.C.E. Clay, slip, 2 7/16 x Diam. 4 1/2 in.  (6.2 x 11.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X469. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X469_print_NegA_bw.jpg)