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Terracotta bowl

ca. 3900–2500 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.
During the latter part of the Neolithic period, the Cypriots started making containers of baked clay often decorated with abstract patterns in red on a light slip. Red-on-White Ware became the predominant pottery made on the island in the following Chalcolithic period.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta bowl
  • Period: Chalcolithic
  • Date: ca. 3900–2500 BCE
  • Culture: Cypriot
  • Medium: Terracotta
  • Dimensions: H. 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm)
    diameter 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
  • Classification: Terracottas
  • Credit Line: Lent by the Cyprus Museum, Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus
  • Object Number: L.2000.12.2
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art