Figurine Fragment

Idol

MS85

From: Cyprus | Ayia Paraskevi

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS85
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Cyprus | Ayia Paraskevi
Period Bronze Age
Date Made ca. 1500 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Human
Description

Fragment of idol, pottery, very rare. The varnish introduced with Mycenean influence was reproduced in Cypriot pottery, but idol of this class is very rare.

Height 12.07 cm
Width 12.07 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Ohnefalsch-Richter, 1895
Other Number 184 - Collector Number | 391 - Other Number

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