Black-Topped Red Polished Bowl with Incised Decoration
c. 2000 BCE
Description
Black-topped Red Polished bowl of roughly hemispherical shape, with incised decoration and a small, pierced lug handle. As is usual for this type of pottery, the incised decoration is highlighted with a white, lime-based fill. The black-topped effect was produced in the firing process. The incised motifs include a framed band of zigzag running below the rim, followed by a large, multiple zigzag pattern dominating the side view of the bowl. A series of vertical, framed and unframed bands of hatching connect the lower tips of the zigzag to muliple lines encircling the bowl near its rounded base. A W-shaped loss on the vessel's rim has been filled. Such bowls were produced in the north and the center of the island, and remained in use from the Early Cypriot to the Middle Cypriot periods.
Dimensions
5.3 x 9 cm (2 1/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
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