CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA BOWL 8TH-6TH CENTURY BC

Slip decorated buff terra cotta.  8 1/2” diameter with flared downturned lip pierced for hanging when not in use. Wheel turned on raised foot. The outside buff with a black band below the red slip covered upper half. The with similar with double divider line and further black bordered central red circle. The rim with black radials. Well preserved and undamaged with the decoration faded from burial. From our own collection acquired in London in the 1980’s. Cypriot pottery was sold and used throughout the Mediterranean.