Cypriot Bichrome III Earthenware Footed Bowl
Cypro-Geometric III (850–700 BC). Height 11.9cm. Diameter of base 7cm, diameter of rim 16cm.
A footed bowl with a slightly convex conical foot, a stem that tapers upwards, and a convex lower body. The slightly convex middle section is separated from the cylindrical upper body by a ridge. The bowl has a sharp rim and round horizontal handles attached at mid-body. Made of light brick-coloured clay with a matte light buff slip and decorated in matte red and black paint.
Inside, five black concentric circles decorate the bottom. Black lines encircle the lower, middle, and upper body, with a red band running around the middle and upper sections.Outside, black lines and bands decorate the upper body, ridge, stem, and lower body. The middle section features black chequered patterns framed by panels, with floral motifs on either side. The handles are framed by black panels, while the foot and handles are painted black.
The location and find date of the object is not recorded. It has been suggested that it may have come from Stylli.
The bowl was given as a gift by L.Z. Pierides to the Crown Prince of Sweden Gustaf Adolf in 1925 and later donated to the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm in 1926. In 1982 it was deposited at the Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden (Inv. No.: SHM 17946:0047) joining objects from the SCE in the wider Cyprus collection.