Bowl
Item number M1.59 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Bowl made of medium-grained red, hard-fired clay, gritty to the touch with scattered red grits and fine mica. Thin red slip covers entire vessel. Black, thin matt paint. Deep bowl with low ring foot, steeply rising walls, slight carination just below lip, two small ribbon handles attached to top half of body providing a finger hold. Decoration consists on interior of concentric bands of varying widths in central portion of wall and two bands on bottom. A band defines the lip. On the exterior are concentric bands around the middle of the body, a row of concentric circle motifs around the upper half and paint on handles.
History Of Use
For food
Narrative
Collected by Mr. Cesnola. Part of a collection made in Cyprus in 1873 and presented to the Metropolitan Museum for the 1875 opening.
Item History
- Made in Cyprus between 601 BCE and 476 BCE
- Collected during 1873
- Owned by Luigi Palma di Cesnola
- Owned by Stanford University Museum before March 1973
- Received from Barrett Montford Endowment Fund (Funding source), Stanford University Museum (Seller) and Department of Classics U.B.C. Department of Classics (Funding source) during March 1973
What
- Name
- Bowl
- Identification Number
- M1.59
- Type of Item
- bowl
- Material
- clay and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- thrown and painted
- Overall
- height 9.7 cm, width 15.6 cm, depth 14.5 cm, diameter 15.9 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Cyprus
Who
- Culture
- Cypriot
- Previous Owner
- Luigi Palma di Cesnola and Stanford University Museum
- Received from
- Barrett Montford Endowment Fund (Funding source), Stanford University Museum (Seller) and Department of Classics U.B.C. Department of Classics (Funding source)
When
- Creation Date
- between 601 BCE and 476 BCE
- Collection Date
- during 1873
- Ownership Date
- before March 1973
- Acquisition Date
- during March 1973
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 96
- Accession Number
- 0239/0015
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