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| Type of Object: | Vessel |
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| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Measurements: | 12 to 45 cm. in height. |
| Date or Period: | Cypro-Archaic I-II |
| Maker: | Iron Age |
| Designated List Section: | 1A6 Cypro-Archaic I-II (750-475 B.C.) |
| Date of Import Restriction: | 07/19/2002 |
| Photograph: | Department of Antiquities, Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Copyright: | Department of Antiquities, Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Description of Designated List Category Subject to Import Restrictions: | |
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| Forms include bowls, plates, jugs and juglets, cups, craters, amphorae, amphoriskoi, and oinochoai. Many of the forms are painted with bands, lines, concentric circles, and other geometric and floral patterns. Animal designs occur in the Free Field style. Molded decoration in the form of female figurines may also be applied. Red and dark brown paint is used on Bichrome ware. Black paint on a red polished surface is common on Black-on-Red ware. Other varieties include Bichrome Red, Polychrome Red, Plain White. This example has with trefoil rim and globular body, decorated with a bird and a deer feeding on plants. | |
| Keywords: | |
| bichrome, bowls, ceramic, container, floral, flowers, footed-base, guilloche, horizontal handles, pottery, rosettes, vessel, |
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