White Painted Boat Dish
Description: | Small pottery dish or bowl in the shape of a boat in White Painted ware; hand-made and modelled; oval body with a flat, everted rim, pierced at intervals with pairs of holes; the handle is in the form of a applied human figurine attached to the rim at the 'stern' of the model: he has large pierced eyes, rudimentary limbs but with fingers and toes indicated, the left hand rests on the rim, the right is missing; very fine, thin fabric in drab buff clay, slipped and decorated in black paint with wavy lines and chevrons or zig-zags on the body and bands on the figurine. Dimensions: Length: 12.50 centimetres Object Type: dish; model Ware: White Painted Ware Techniques: painted; pierced; applied; handmade |
Period: | Middle Bronze Age III |
Date: | 1800 - 1650 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Cyprus |
Accession Number: | 1876,0909.18 |