Cypriot bichrome ware is a type of Late Bronze Age/Iron Age pottery which was found widely on Cyprus and across the eastern Mediterrannean. The name is derived from Greek for two colours ‘bi’ ‘chrome’, these two colours being of a dark greyish black and reddish hues . The ware is wheel-made of brown clay with a white to buff slip and is decorated with black and red pigments. Originally, bichrome ware was presumed to have been imported to Cyprus from the Levant, but provenance studies have since shown that in was also produced in Cyprus starting on the east coast around Milia, from the Late Cypriot IA until Late Cypriot IB.
Cypriot Bichrome Ware Skyphos
£ 95.00
A Cypriot bichrome ware skyphos. The vessel features a bulbous body tapering in slightly at the shoulders to a short cylindrical neck with a wide mouth. Two small curving handles are displayed on either side of the body. The vessel sits upon a flat, circular base. The interior and exterior are enriched with concentric circles painted in black and red pigment. Encrustation is visible to the surface along with loss of some of the pigment consistent with age.
Provenance: Collection of a North London gentleman, previously Ex Lots Road Auction, 2009, deceased estate of a German archeologist.
Condition: Good condition, loss of pigment to both the interior and exterior consistent with age. Previous owners numbering to the base of '2C 493'
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| Weight | 56.7 g |
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| Dimensions | W 8.2 x H 3.4 cm |
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