Cypriot White Slip Milk Bowl | Late Bronze Age 1450–1200 BC

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Description

Description

A finely crafted Cypriot White Slip ware bowl, dating to the Late Bronze Age, featuring a rounded body, single pierced handle, and distinctive decoration in brown over a creamy slip. The exterior showcases vertical ladder-like bands and a horizontal band with a zigzag motif encircling the upper section. The handle is elongated and looped, with painted detailing extending onto its surface. Bowls of this type are often referred to as “milk bowls” due to their form and presumed use in domestic settings.

SIZE: 24 cm wide

CONDITION: Repaired

Period and Time

Period and Time

This bowl dates to the Late Bronze Age, circa 1450–1200 BC, a period marked by flourishing trade across the eastern Mediterranean. Cyprus was a major cultural and commercial hub at the time, exporting pottery, copper, and luxury goods to Canaan, Egypt, and beyond.

Material

Material

Terracotta with white slip and brown painted decoration

Provenance

Provenance

The Private Collection of the late M. Baidun. 1960’s

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