Cypriot Bichrome Ware tripod stamnos, Cypro-archaic, c.850-750 BC
Terracotta
Height: 20cm
10552 TA
Charles Ede, London
The stamnos has three loop feet and a pair of double arched handles lying flush with the bowl, forming two stylised ibex heads. The surface is covered in a white...
The stamnos has three loop feet and a pair of double arched handles lying flush with the bowl, forming two stylised ibex heads. The surface is covered in a white slip with linear decorations in black paint and a single thick red band towards the bottom of the bowl. The feet and raised circular ridge at the base in solid black, the underside with three concentric circles and the rim with three bands of vertical dashes, also all in black. The vase has been potted slightly askew but is intact.
Provenance
Charles Ede, London, UK; acquired 4th July 1988Cyprus Museum of Jacksonville, North Carolina, acc.no.31; acquired from the above
Literature
Compare Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Louvre 5, II Cb, pl.18, nos.2 and 5, and Louvre 4, II Cb, pl.7, no.16Publications
Charles Ede Ltd, Cypriot Pottery XI (London, 1989), no.261
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