Cypriot Bronze Age pottery “tea pot” vase, reputedly ex. Cyprus Museum

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A burnished red slip pottery “tea pot” type bowl with a long protruding spout and an arched handle to the opposite side. The body is undecorated except for an incised zig-zag line around the shoulder and applied pairs of pellets or lugs symmetrically arranged on the rim.

Culture
Cyprus, Middle Bronze Age, c. 2000 – 1700 BC

Size
9.2 x 19 cms including handle and spout

Condition
Intact

Provenance
Ex. private collection, Bath, Somerset, UK; acquired during residency in Cyprus with the British High Commission between 1969 and 1972. The collection was purchased from licensed antiquities dealers in Ledra Street, Nicosia, who were reputedly selling duplicate and surplus items on behalf of the Cyprus Museum.

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