Cypriot Reserved-Slip bowl: Middle Bronze Age (1900-1700 BC?)

Reserved-Slip Red Polished Ware is a very rare ware in which parts of the red slip were wiped away while still wet, revealing the clay underneath as a paler, “negative” pattern. It seems only to have been made in the area of Dhenia and Polis.  Being so rare it is possible it was the product of a single potter, or in any case a single settlement. The pattern on this example is not as contrasted as sometimes.  There is also a small loop handle and pointed decoration on the spout, also seen on my very small red jug.  This may also be a dateable feature but I cannot find one to compare with or a more specific date for reserved-slip.

One of 6 bowls bought as single lot from Bonhams auction.