White Painted String-hole Flask

White Painted String-hole Flask

Description:

Pottery flask in White Painted III-V (String-hole Style) ware; hand-made; lentoid body, long thin neck, tubular spout and lateral mouth; two double string-holes on neck and three on each side of body; bands of lattice-triangles in red paint on body.


Dimensions: Height: 26 centimetres


Object Type: flask


Ware: White Painted Ware


Series: White Painted String-hole Style (SCE type X B 3h)


Techniques: painted; handmade

Period:

Middle Bronze Age II

Date:

1850 - 1650 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Klavdia

Accession Number:

1899,1229.112