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Cypriot Double Bowled Vessel
Circa 1900-1650 BC
Description: A wonderful example of a rare and highly individualized type in the repertoire of ancient Cypriot pottery. Multi-use vessels were popularized in the Bronze Age by ingenious Cypriot potters striving to invent ever more interesting and creative shapes. Each bowl has a buff background enlivened with reddish-brown painted decoration. The patterns are not symmetrical, rather each bowl has its own design. The tall upright wishbone handle of the vessel compliments the petite round bowls. A distinctive and scarcely seen type.
Height: 5.25 in. (13.3 cm)
Condition: Minor chip to the rim, otherwise intact though the handle appears to have been reattached. Painted decoration is attractive and well-preserved.
Provenance: Formerly in a European private collection formed mainly in the 1970s. Also ex-Sothebys London 1975.
Reference: See Desmond Morris's The Art of Ancient Cyprus, 1985, page 93 for a similar genre of Bronze Age vessels with central handle.
Price: $ 1,750
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