Cypriot Ovoid Flask of the Black-Polished Ware

Culture: Cypriot

Period: Early Bronze Age, 2200-2000 B.C.

Material: Terracotta

Dimensions: 17.8 cm high

Price: 1 400 Euro

Ref: 2604

Provenance: German private collection since around 1970.

Condition: Intact

Description: Ovoid, tapering flask of the Black-polished ware from Cyprus with abundant incised decoration. The vessel formed by hand with a cylindrical neck and a pulled-out rim. On the shoulder encircling short vertical incised lines between horizontal bands. This decoration repeats in the middle of the body and as the ending. On the body itself, originating from a vertical line oblique parallel lines, which form an upward arrow shape. These arrows are arranged encircling in large areas in two bands. At the tapering base concentric circles. The hard burnt vessel should imitate metal and was influenced by ceramics from the Levant, possibly from Tell el-Yahudiye.