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Cypriot Art : Late Bronze Age Cypriot Terracotta Bilbil
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Late Bronze Age Cypriot Terracotta Bilbil - P.0099
Origin: Cyprus
Circa: 1500
BC
to 1250
BC
Dimensions:
11.5" (29.2cm) high
x 6" (15.2cm) wide
Catalogue: V1
Collection: Classical Antiquities
Medium: Terracotta
$4,500.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
In antiquity, there was a thriving trade between
the peoples of Cyprus and Palestine. This
charming vessel was perhaps exported from "the
island of copper" carrying oil or wine. The bold,
abstract geometry that decorates it seems to
convey the lively spirit of the people through
whose hands it passed so long ago. We
remember that these were individuals who
laughed and sang, talked, argued and loved. In
appearance they were similar to us, though their
vision of the world was vastly different. This pot
links us directly to that ancient world. Our hands
rest where other hands did in Biblical times; the
energy, the bond, is there to be felt.
- (P.0099)
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