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\n The third floor presents the Museum of Cycladic Art\u2019s permanent Exhibition of Ancient Cypriot Art. \n <\/div>\n \n \n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n
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The Th. N. Zintilis Collection impresses with the quality and variety of the objects it contains, which were constructed from a wide variety of materials, and cover the entire chronological spectrum of Cypriot history from the Chalcolithic period to the early medieval years. This is the largest Exhibition of representative works from the Cypriot culture in Greece.<\/p>\n

Using a new museographic approach and a contemporary museological presentation, some 700 objects highlight the timelessness of ancient Cypriot life and art in its various manifestations.<\/p>\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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POTTERY<\/h2> <\/header>\n\n \n
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Moving from case to case, visitors discover the rich pottery styles, shapes, and patterns of prehistoric and historic Cyprus, which make up the core of the Exhibition and are organized into ten sections.<\/p>\n

Storage, cooking and tableware, zoomorphic vessels, bichrome ware oenochoae, vases in free-field painting style of the Geometric and Archaic period (1010 \u2013 475 BC), jugs with added figures, and lamps with relief scenes comprise the imaginative and limitless styles modeled by Cypriot potters.<\/p>\n

Of particular interest is the variety of types from the Early and Middle Bronze Age (2300 \u2013 1650 BC), with the typical Cypriot pottery rendering of anthropomorphic and animal-shaped features on the neck or handles of the vessels. Very important is the series of double-necked Red Polished Ware jugs, which were probably used for ritual purposes and come from the cemetery of Sotiras on the south coast of the island.<\/p>\n

Another rare item is a jug with plastic and painted decoration characteristic of the Proto White Slip Ware, dating to the Middle Cypriot period (1700 BC), which has a parallel in the Louvre Museum that was documented some time before.<\/p>\n

The vases of the Cypro-Geometric (1050 \u2013 750 BC) and Cypro-Archaic period (750 – 475 BC) are also extremely elaborate, and another series of jugs from the Archaic period impresses with their painted representations of animals. Another interesting section features the Phoenician-type vases, which are notable for the information that they provide about the island\u2019s commercial and cultural contacts during this period. Finally, there are representative examples of pottery from the Cypro-Classical (475 \u2013 312 BC), Hellenistic (312 \u2013 58 BC), and Roman periods (58 BC \u2013 395 AD) on the island.<\/p>\n

Apart from elaborate vases, the Exhibition also includes simple, undecorated household vessels, which give the visitor a vivid picture of everyday life in prehistoric and protohistoric Cyprus.<\/p>\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n

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Zoomorphic vessel of the Red Polished Ware\r\n1725 \u2013 1650 BC\r\n\u03960063<\/div>
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Barrel-shaped jug of the Bichrome Ware\r\n7th c. BC\r\n\u03960155<\/div>
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Jug with plastic ibex and painted decoration\r\nc. 1700 BC\r\n\u03960131\r\n<\/div>
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Trefoil-mouthed oenochoe with painted decoration of a flower and concentric circles\r\n750 \u2013 600 BC\r\n\u03960031bis<\/div>
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Trefoil-mouthed oenochoe of the Free Field Style decorated with a water-bird\r\n750 \u2013 600 BC\r\n\u03960170<\/div>
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Zoomorphic vessel of the Red Polished Ware\r\n1725 \u2013 1650 BC\r\n\u03960063<\/div>
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Barrel-shaped jug of the Bichrome Ware\r\n7th c. BC\r\n\u03960155<\/div>
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Jug with plastic ibex and painted decoration\r\nc. 1700 BC\r\n\u03960131\r\n<\/div>
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Trefoil-mouthed oenochoe with painted decoration of a flower and concentric circles\r\n750 \u2013 600 BC\r\n\u03960031bis<\/div>
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Trefoil-mouthed oenochoe of the Free Field Style decorated with a water-bird\r\n750 \u2013 600 BC\r\n\u03960170<\/div>
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