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White Painted Bottle, Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot

Middle Bronze Age II

White Painted Bottle

White Painted ware bottle/flask with applied terracotta figurine; hand-made; oval body on a low conical base; spout on the side of the vessel, with a ring handle on the front; on the shoulder is a human figure with right hand at the chin. Made of cream colouted clay decorated with blacl paint: vertical wavy lines framed by straight one on the front and back, with lattices in between; rings on the neck and foot; horizontal lines on the figurine. Dimensions: Height: 15.24 centimetres Object Type: bottle Ware: White Painted Ware (WP V) Series: SCE type (WP V, X D E 1a) Techniques: painted

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
White Painted ware (Bronze Age)White Painted V (Bronze Age)
Shape
Bottle
Decoration techniques
Painted, Relief and appliedModelled figures and attachments
Motif
Human figure
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date
1850 - 1650 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Idalion

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Accession No.

1868,0905.5

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Dhali

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