White Painted Tankard

White Painted Tankard

Description:

Pottery tankard; White Painted VI ware; hand-made; wide cylindrical neck and biconical body; vertical handle with horned projection from rim to shoulder (centre section missing); flat base; decorated in black paint with bands, hatched lozenges and wavy lines; paint worn and flaking.


Dimensions: Diameter: 14.70 centimetres; Height: 19.60 centimetres; Weight: 315 grammes


Object Type: tankard


Ware: White Painted Ware


Series: White Painted VI (SCE typeVI B b)


Techniques: handmade; painted

Period:

Late Bronze Age I

Date:

1650 - 1550 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.1290