Cyprus/Kyrenia Mountains and North Coast
Early Cypriot I-II
Karmi-Lapatsa Tomb 15, in the chamber (no. 17 near skull B)
Bowl
conical body, convex walls, incurved thinning rim
Exterior (mottled): 10R 5/6 (red) to N 3/ (dark gray); Interior: 10R 5/6 (red); Core: 2.5 YR 6/4 (light reddish brown)
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Dining/Drinking/Serving
red to gray slip, unburnished, matte finish
Handmade; inclusions: some sand, Few small to medium lime (a couple have spawled at chips), and Few small voids (visible in small chips at rim)
mottled in firing, uneven oxidizing and reducing atmospheres
Acknowledgements: This entry was created by Smith using
information in Webb et al. 2009 (which drew on a previous unpublished study by
Herscher, which informed an exhibition, see catalogue: Kershaw ed. 1983) and measurements, color readings, observations of inclusions and
surface treatments, and other observed details made by Smith during the week of
February 24-28, 2020 at The Ringling Museum of Art.
Provenance: Excavated by James R. B. Stewart in 1961,
University of Sydney; donated by Eve Stewart to Florida State University 1973;
donated by Florida State University 1973; 1974 accessioned by The John and
Mable Ringling Museum of Art. SN74.14
Classified in Webb et al. 2009 as Red Polished I-II, as an import from the south or center of the island.
