Cypriot milk bowl
€2,950
available
Object number
AR3376
| Object: |
Cypriot so-called milk bowl
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| Material: |
Light clay with beige slip and dark brown paint.
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| Period: |
1600 BC to 1100 BC. Late Bronze Age of the Ancient Near East. |
| Description: |
Hemispherical bowl with a V-shaped handle at one side. The outer surface is painted with bands of cross-hatches. This is a very typical vessel made in Bronze Age Cyprus. It was exported with great success to the Levant coast. The class is known as White Slip II Ware and for the exact type of vessel the name Milk Bowl stuck. |
| Dimensions: |
19cm to 20cm diameter without handle, 24.6cm diameter with handle. 7.5cm to 10cm height.
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| Condition: |
Some stabilized and some closed cracks in the wall. Two chips on the inner part of the lip and one chip on the handle. Otherwise fully intact which is rare for pottery of this size. Also the painting on the outer surface is in magnificent condition. Apart from minor abrasion it is still vibrant and original. Modern black inscription "No 1030" at the handle.
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| Provenance: |
Acquired by us in 2022 from Jean-David Cahn, Basel, Switzerland. Previously in the Swiss private collection of Professor H. A. Dahn (1919-2019), collection number G V 4. Acquired by him on 6 August 1953 from the British art dealer Spink & Son, London. A copy of a handwritten inventory list excerpt of the Dahn collection is available.
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| References: |
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Paris, Louvre 4, II.CA, pl. 3.5-8;11 and further references mentioned there.
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| Literatur: |
A broad but compact overview on Cypriot art is given in V. Karageorghis, Treasures in the Cyprus Museum. Especially for Cypriot pottery we recommend the extensive catalogue of the famous Cesnola collection, V. Karageorghis, Ancient Art from Cyprus, The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
| Authenticity: |
We unconditionally guarantee the authenticity of every artefact, all items are subject to our lifetime return policy on authenticity.
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