Cypriot Bronze Age burnished pottery cup, reputedly ex. Cyprus Museum

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A burnished red mottled pottery hemispherical cup mounted with a small pierced lug on the rim.

Culture
Cyprus, Early to Middle Bronze Age, c. 2150-1650 BC

Size
5.3 x 9.3 cms

Condition
Intact as shown in the photographs

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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