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"Bichrome Wheelmade Jug", Late Bronze Age I Cypriot

Late Bronze Age I

"Bichrome Wheelmade Jug"

Pottery jug in Bichrome Wheelmade ware; wheel-made; ovoid body on a ring base; tall wide neck with concave sides; everted flat rim; single handle from shoulder to rim; red and black painted decoration including horizontal and vertical parallel lines, and framed check and star patterns; chipped rim. Dimensions: Height: 22.50 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Bichrome Wheel-made Ware Techniques: painted

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Bichrome Wheelmade ware (Late Bronze Age)
Shape
Jug
Decoration techniques
Painted, PaintedPainted in two colours
Motifs
Lattice and checkerboard, Bands and lines
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)Late Cypriot I
Date
1650 - 1550 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Accession No.

1927,0317.3

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

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