White Painted Triglyph Jug - image 1

Late Bronze Age I

White Painted Triglyph Jug

Pottery jug or small tankard in White Painted VI Soft Triglyph Style ware; hand-made; baggy globular body with a flat base; wide neck with an everted rim; high vertical handle (now broken) from shoulder to rim; buff-cream clay and slip, decorated in dark red paint: groups of three vertical lines or 'triglyphs' on the body, four parallel lines around the neck and dotted ring within circular wavy line on the base. Dimensions: Height: 7.50 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: White Painted Ware Series: White Painted VI Soft Triglyphic Style (SCE form VI A b) Techniques: painted; handmade; slipped

Date

1650 - 1550 BC

Accession No.

1884,1210.54

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Phoenikiais