Cypriot Bichrome Ware tripod stamnos, Cypro-Archaic, c.850-750 BC
Terracotta
Height: 20.2cm
10552 IVP
Charles Ede, London
€ 6,500
The stamnos has three loop feet and a pair of double arched handles lying flush with the bowl, forming two stylised ibex heads. The surface is covered in a white...
The stamnos has three loop feet and a pair of double arched handles lying flush with the bowl, forming two stylised ibex heads. The surface is covered in a white slip with linear decorations in black paint and a single thick red band towards the bottom of the bowl. The feet and raised circular ridge at the base in solid black, the underside with three concentric circles and the rim with three bands of vertical dashes, also all in black. Intact, the vase rests slightly askew on its feet.
Provenance
Charles Ede Ltd, London, UK; acquired 4th July 1988, stock number 5538Cyprus Museum of Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA, acc.no.31; acquired from the above
