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White Painted Figurine, Middle Bronze Age I Cypriot statue
White Painted Figurine, Middle Bronze Age I Cypriot, c. 2000–1650 BC. British Museum, 1876,0909.87.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Middle Bronze Age I

White Painted Figurine

Terracotta female figurine; hand-made; naked but wearing a turban-like headdress composed of an applied zig-zag of clay with ring above; the large elongated ears are pierced; eyes and mouth rendered as simple incisions; arms (now missing) originally outstreched; prominent knees high up the legs; outstretching feet, surviving left foot with incised details; made of buff clay with creamy-white slip; red painted zig-zag decoration on front and back. Dimensions: Height: 13.30 centimetres Object Type: figurine Ware: White Painted Ware Techniques: painted; pierced; applied; handmade

Classification

Object type
Terracotta figurine
Ware
White Painted ware (Bronze Age)
Decoration techniques
Incised, Relief and appliedModelled figures and attachments
Material
Clay
Place of production
Cyprus
Date
2000 - 1650 BC

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus

Identifiers

Accession no.
1876,0909.87, British Museum · Museum record

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