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Cypriot Art : Late Bronze Age Cypriot Vessel with Dropper Spout
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Late Bronze Age Cypriot Vessel with Dropper Spout - P.0499
Origin: Cyprus
Circa: 1500
BC
to 1200
BC
Dimensions:
9.25" (23.5cm) high
x 3" (7.6cm) wide
x 2.75" (7.0cm) depth
Catalogue: V1
Collection: Classical Antiquities
Medium: Terracotta
Additional Information: SOLD
$3,200.00
Location: United States
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What function did this intriguing vessel serve in
Biblical times? Was it a baby's bottle? A
receptacle for some precious liquid--fine oil or
perfume--to be measured drop by drop? A
container for medicine, the property of some
ancient healer? Beautifully painted in a lively
geometric style, with holes so that it may be
suspended from threads, and with a handle for
pouring, it keeps its ancient secrets to itself. We
do not know who might have touched it so long
ago, or what comfort it brought to their lives; yet
when we handle it today, the energy of its past
experience flows through us and we become part
of its history.
- (P.0499)
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