page_title: Pottery of ancient Cyprus
section_title: Bronze Age
hierarchical_section_title: Pottery of ancient Cyprus / Bronze Age
context_page_description: The pottery of ancient Cyprus starts during the Neolithic period.
  Throughout the ages, Cypriot ceramics demonstrate many connections with cultures from around the Mediterranean.
  During the Early and Middle Bronze Ages, it is especially imaginative in shape and decoration. There are also many early terracotta figurines that were produced depicting female figures.
context_section_description: "Red Polished Ware" has been found from the start of the Bronze Age in Cyprus.
  White-slip- and Base-ring Ware are considered to be "typical Cypriot ceramics of the Late Bronze Age".
caption: Cypriot Bichrome ware. Jug with Scenic Decoration, 8th-6th centuries BC. Neues Museum, Berlin
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