Name: A large Cypriot White Slip Ware Milk Bowl, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1450 - 1250 BCE
Brand: Bouton collection
SKU: GP2408
Price: 862.0 CHF
Availability: InStock

A large Cypriot White Slip Ware Milk Bowl, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1450 - 1250 BCE

CHF 862.00

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The large spherical bowl with a wishbone-shaped handle on one side, a white slip background underneath a brown crosshatched bands rising vertically from the bottom of the bowl to meet a horizontal band, below a chain band and a crosshatched band at the rim. Such vessels were typically called "milk bowls" as they were larger than personal eating bowls and were often used for dipping.

Medium: Clay

Dimensions: Height: 4 1/4 inches (10.8 cm), Width with handle: 9 1/4 inches (23.5 cm)

Condition: Intact and in very good condition overall.

Provenance: Private collection of diplomat Norman M. Bouton (1933 - 2018), acquired while serving in Cyprus (06/1969 - 06/1972).

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