A CYPRIOT BURNISHED POTTERY TANKARD

Late Bronze Age, circa 1450-1200 BC. A large, handsome pottery tankard with a bulbous lower body, small flared round foot, and tapering cylindrical upper body/neck that terminates in a thick, overhung rim. A strap handle with an abstract lip. For similar example but smaller see The British Museum Accession Number: 1897,0401.1206Size: L:215mm / W:105mm ; 430gProvenance: Property of a UK Ancient Art Gallery, formerly in the Estate of Sanford Batkin, New Rochelle, NY., acquired from J. Zadok & Son, Jerusalem, Israel. 9/11/1986; formerly Barakat Antiquities and Art Gallery, Jerusalem, 12/13/1989.