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White Painted String-hole Flask, Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot
White Painted String-hole Flask, Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1850–1650 BC. British Museum, 1884,1210.189.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Middle Bronze Age II

White Painted String-hole Flask

Pottery flask in White Painted String-hole Style; handmade; slim oval body with a flattened base and a narrow tubular spouted neck with lateral mouth; the handle runs from the mouth to the shoulder; string-hole projections on either side of the neck with four further projections along each side; buff clay with a buff slip decorated with red-brown paint; the decoration consists of framed latticed diamonds, framed zigzags and checquered panels. Dimensions: Height: 21 centimetres Object Type: flask Ware: White Painted Ware Series: White Painted String-hole Style (SCE type X B 3b) Techniques: painted; handmade; slipped

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
White Painted ware (Bronze Age)
Shape
Flask
Style
String-hole Style
Decoration
Painted
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date
1850 - 1650 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Phoenikiais

Identifiers

Accession no.
1884,1210.189, British Museum · Museum record

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