Cypriot Bichrome IV Earthenware Footed Bowl
Cypro- Archaic I (850–700 BC). Height 16cm. Diameter of base 8.2cm, diameter of rim 17.4cm.
A footed bowl with a slightly convex conical foot, which has a conical cavity underneath. The short, cylindrical stem has a central encircling ridge. The body consists of a conical lower section, a convex middle section and a slightly convex upper section, separated by a ridge. It has a sharp rim and round, horizontal handles attached below the ridge.Made of pinkish buff clay with a matte buff slip and matte red and black paint.
Inside, the bottom is decorated with three red and four black concentric circles. Six black lines encircle the lower body, two red lines the middle body, and a black band with three black lines the upper body. Outside, a black line runs around the rim and another around the upper body. The upper section also features two horizontal rows of three red concentric circles. The ridge is framed by black lines, while groups of three red concentric circles decorate the middle body. The lower body is decorated with one red line, three black bands and four black lines. The stem has one red band, three black lines and a black band. The foot and handles are painted black, with six black concentric circles beneath the foot.
The location and find date of the object is not recorded. It has been suggested that it may have come from Marion.
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 17946:0048) joining objects from the SCE in the wider Cyprus collection.