
Middle Bronze Age II
White Painted String-hole Flask
Pottery flask in White Painted String-hole Style; handmade; ellipsoidal body with flattened base and short narrow neck with beak-shaped mouth; handle from base of the neck to shoulder; four pairs of string-holes along the side of the neck and body; buff clay with buff slip; painted decoration in red/black comprising chequer-pattern and wavy-lines on body. Dimensions: Height: 20 centimetres Object Type: flask Ware: White Painted Ware Series: White Painted String-hole Style (SCE type XIV C 2b) Techniques: handmade; painted; slipped
Date
1850 - 1650 BC
Accession No.
1884,1210.51
Collection
British Museum
Provenance
- Phoenikiais