Neolithic
Diabase bowl with spout
This bowl, made of a local, hard, gray stone called diabase, is characteristic of the kinds of vessels the prehistoric Cypriots made before they began to produce handmade pottery. H. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)
Date
6500 - 5500 BC
Accession No.
L.2000.12.1
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Khirokitia, Cyprus 1934, excavated in Khirokitia; 1934-present, collection of the Cyprus Museum, Nicosia, Republic of Cyprus; 2000-present, on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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