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Cypriote
Bronze Age, Early Cypriote III Period
about 2100–2000 B.C.

Medium/Technique Ceramic, Red Polished ware
Dimensions Legacy dimension: 0.15 H. 0.101 D.
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by subscription
Accession Number72.33
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 097.
DescriptionHas projection on front, perforated with two holes. Red; incised decoration, including concentric circles on body. Nozzle broken.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with General Luigi Palma di Cesnola (from Cyprus) (according to Fairbanks, Catalogue: from Alambra, Cyprus); May 16, 1872: purchased by MFA from General Luigi Palma di Cesnola for
$ 1,704.39 (this figure is the total price for MFA 72.1-72.473 and 72.4871-72.4900)