Bichrome bowl
Date800-650 BCE
Periodearly Archaic
CultureCypriot
MediumCeramic (wheelmade) with red and black paint
ClassificationCeramics
ProvenanceFound by Luigi Palma di Cesnola (American Consul to Cyprus, 1865–1876); purchased by subscription by the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1874-1876; (sale, the Anderson Galleries, New York), April 21, 1928; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.607
In the Iron Age the potter’s wheel was in common use. Potters shaped baskets on the wheel in the same way as other bowls. Pieces were cut out of the body before the vessel was painted. Paint was applied before vessels were fired in the kiln.
On View
Not on viewHeight: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
Thickness (wall): 3/16 in. (0.4 cm)
Rim
Diameter (exterior): 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm)
Diameter (interior): 6.0 in. (15.2 cm)
Base
Diameter: 3 3/8 in. (8.54 cm)
Medium Details
Color (Munsell soil color chart)
Fabric: 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) to 2.5Y 8/3 (pale yellow)
Paint: 10R 4/4 (weak red) and N 2.5/ (black)
Inclusions
some sand
650-475 BCE
800-650 BCE
1050-900 BCE
