Bowl
Late Bronze Age, about 1450-1200 BCE
Medium
terracotta
Dimensions
11 × 24.3 × 18 cm (4 1/4 × 9 5/8 × 7 1/2 in.)
Classification
bowl
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
40902
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Cyprus was an important center for trade and commerce throughout antiquity. By the Late Bronze Age (about 1600–1050BC), the island was producing large quantities of copper, which lured adventurous seafaring merchants to its shores in the hope of exchanging their cargo for the prized metal. Imported goods and migrant artists profoundly influenced Cypriot potters and painters, who began to create and decorate their wares differently. New products served the Cypriots’ domestic and ritual needs or m...