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THBGreek Cypriot Pottery Milk Bowl w/ Handle
Lot 12a
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Artemis Gallery
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Louisville, CO 80027
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Ancient Greece, Cyprus, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1550 to 1200 BCE. A beautiful pottery vessel known as a milk bowl exhibiting a cream ground color that is accentuated with several lattice-pattern columns cascading from a similarly patterned top bar. The hemispherical bowl features a rounded base with a thin rim surrounding the deep basin that is formed by molding the walls over the body of a gourd, and a parabolic handle protrudes from the backside. Additionally, a pair of black 'chains' with diamond-shaped links drape from the front of the bowl between longer columns. Lucite display stand for photography purposes only. Size: 8.375" L x 7" W x 4.625" H (21.3 cm x 17.8 cm x 11.7 cm)
The construction method of using a gourd to shape the vessel is intriguing since ancient Greek, Cypriot, and Mediterranean cultures were already accustomed to using the wheel-throwing method of making pottery. The use of a gourd suggests that, despite how the potter's wheel facilitated and expedited the creation of large volumes of pottery vessels, there was still a demand for hand-built vessels from skilled artisans. Scholars have posited that milk bowls like this were desirable because they had impermeable surfaces that made them ideal for holding hot liquids like warmed milk.
For another example of a Cypriot pottery milk bowl, please see the Yale University Art Gallery, accession number 1912.135.
Provenance: private Dere collection, East Coast, USA assembled between 1970 and 2000
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#157165Repaired from several large pieces, with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Abrasions and nicks to rim, body, base, and handle, with fading to original pigmentation, and light encrustations. Nice remains of original pigment on exterior of body.Condition
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