White Painted Flask - image 1

Middle Bronze Age II

White Painted Flask

Pottery flask in White Painted IV ware; ellipsoidal body with a flattened base and cylindrical neck with a horizontal rim, now chipped; high loop-shaped handle from rim to shoulder; string-hole projection at base of the neck; buff clay with buff slip; painted on the body with a brown chequerboard decoration, with encircling lines and wavy lines on the neck. Dimensions: Height: 24 centimetres Object Type: bottle Ware: White Painted Ware Series: White Painted IV (SCE type XIV A 1a) Techniques: handmade; painted; slipped

Date

1850 - 1650 BC

Accession No.

1884,1210.50

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Phoenikiais