Cyprus/Kyrenia Mountains and North Coast
Early Cypriot I-II
Karmi-Lapatsa Tomb 15, found in the chamber (no. 19 near skull B)
Bowl
hemispherical, incurved thinning rim, pierced knob lug
Exterior: red slip 10R 5/6 and 10R 4/6 (red) at streaks to 2.5 YR 5/6 (red) at band before black; and at rim black slip 2.5 N/ (black); Interior: black slip 2.5 N/ (black); Core: 2.5Y 6/1 (gray)
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Dining/Drinking/Serving
red and black slip, shiny, burnished in all directions, streaky on exterior; interior burnished, mostly horizontal
Handmade; inclusions: some sand (black and white), Few medium lime, and Few small voids (visible only in chips at rim)
oxidized, but placed in dung or other material which reduced the rim and interior, created three tone exterior
2200 BCE - 1750 BCE
Early Cypriot, Middle Cypriot I-II
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information in Webb et al. 2009 (which drew on a previous unpublished study by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. SN74.17
Classified
in Webb et al. 2009 as Red Polished II-III black-topped.
