Terracotta bowl, Chalcolithic Cypriot

Chalcolithic

Terracotta bowl

During the latter part of the Neolithic period, the Cypriots started making containers of baked clay often decorated with abstract patterns in red on a light slip. Red-on-White Ware became the predominant pottery made on the island in the following Chalcolithic period. H. 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm) diameter 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)

Date

3900 - 2500 BC

Accession No.

L.2000.12.2

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Kissonerga, Cyprus 1984, excavated in Kissonerga; 1984-present, collection of the Cyprus Museum, Nicosia, Republic of Cyprus; 2000-present, on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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