Cypriot Black Top bowl with 2 handles:
Black topped Red Polished Ware bowl. A colour scheme obtained in the kiln by reducing the oxygen in the black areas to reduce the red oxide – probably by placing it inverted in sand.
Size: 10.8cm x 22.7 wide i
(Private UK collection acquired in 1969 (name withheld by request but in my records).)
(Aquired Chiswick Auctions)
DJ 170 Annex 149