Lot 881
Fine White Handled Bowl. Cyprus, Late Bronze Age I, c. 1600-1450 BC. Delicately potted in hemispherical form, with wishbone-like handle. The slip now creme color, with vertical bands of lattice work designs around. With similar borders around the rim and along the handle. Bowl exceptionally preserved, with a few minor scrapes at the rim. The interior evenly covered with light root marks. Width: 8-7/8".
Estimated Value $500 - 850.
Cesnola Collection duplicate from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1896. Ex Stanford University Museum de-accession no. 3129, 1968. Old inked inventory numbers on interior. Thes are often referred to as "milk bowls."
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| Realized $288 |
