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Ancient Cypriot Early Bronze Age red burnished ware hemispherical bowl, dating to approximately 2300 BC.
A striking piece of ancient Cypriot art, the heavy hand-made ceramic with perforated lug handle. Such pottery is characteristic of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, whose bronze age potters, widely believed to be female, produced some of the most imaginative ceramics of antiquity.
Height: 4 inches.
Diameter: 6 1/4 inches.
Condition: Unrestored.
Provenance: Ex English Private Collection. Ex Christies London 2000. Ex. Leto Severis Collection, inventory number on the underside of the bowl. Severis was prolific collector of Cypriot antiquities whose collection numbered in the thousands.
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