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

Middle Bronze Age II

1884,1210.189