An ancient Cypriot bichrome ware bowl with a raised nipple in the center with ochre bands around.
Cypro-Archaic.
Ca. 750 - 600 BC.
Diameter: 4 3/4 in (12 cm).
Bichrome ware originated in early Iron Age Phoenicia and spread to Cyprus where it became for a time the dominant pottery style.
Formerly in the collection of Artemis A. W. Joukowsky (1930-2020) and Dr. Martha Sharp Joukowsky, president of the Archaeological Institute of America, 1989-1993, (1936-2022), Providence, Rhode Island.