White Painted Tankard - image 1

Middle Bronze Age II

White Painted Tankard

Pottery tankard in White Painted V ware; handmade; squat globular body with round base,a wide neck and an everted rim; handle fromrim to shoulder with a thumb-grip projection at the top; pale clay with buff slip and brown painted decoration; on the neck the pattern is a zigzag lattice pattern and on the body alternating zigzag and lattic patterns between vertical lines. Dimensions: Height: 12.50 centimetres Object Type: tankard Ware: White Painted Ware Series: White Painted V (SCE type, VIIB 1d) Techniques: painted; slipped; handmade

Date

1850 - 1650 BC

Accession No.

1869,0604.11

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus