The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 10, 2026

An earthenware vessel forms a wide, burnished bowl with a wavy rim. Two small loop handles extend from its gray-brown sides. Cream-colored designs wrap around the body, featuring delicate dots and scalloped lines at the top. Below, sweeping double-spiral motifs and sharp zigzags swirl across the rounded center. The sturdy form narrows at the base, accentuating its rhythmic, painted patterns and undulating, organic silhouette.

Large Bowl

c. 1500 BCE

Romania, possibly Cirna, middle Bronze Age

burnished earthenware
Overall: 15.5 x 31.3 cm (6 1/8 x 12 5/16 in.)
Gift of Stark and Michael Ward in honor of Evan H. Turner 1993.229
Location: Not on view
  • “1993 Annual Report.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 6 (July 1994): 143–218. Mentioned: p. 158 www.jstor.org
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1993.229