White Painted Teapot

White Painted Teapot

Description:

Pottery White Painted VI teapot; hand-made; short concave neck with round mouth and flaring rim; high vertical handle from rim to shoulder; tapering tubular spout on opposite shoulder; ovoid body with rounded base; surface worn; pale cream fabric with only traces of black-brown painted bands remaining.


Dimensions: Diameter: 7.50 centimetres; Height: 9.20 centimetres


Object Type: teapot


Ware: White Painted Ware


Series: White Painted VI (SCE type VII A a)


Techniques: painted; handmade

Period:

Late Bronze Age I

Date:

1650 - 1450 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.824