White Painted Askos - image 1

Middle Bronze Age III

White Painted Askos

Pottery askos in White Painted Ware; piriform body with a flat base and a loop handle on the top; animal protome at one end and a broken, spouted mouth opposite; made of buff clay with a buff slip and black painted decoration consisiting of latticed diamonds and parallel lines. Dimensions: Height: 12.80 centimetres Object Type: askos Ware: White Painted Ware Series: White Painted V (SCE type XIIId) Techniques: painted

Date

1750 - 1650 BC

Accession No.

1982,0726.8

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus