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Cypriot Bucchero Jug, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot
Cypriot Bucchero Jug, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1390–1100 BC. British Museum, 1898,1201.100.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age II

Cypriot Bucchero Jug

Pottery jug in Handmade Bucchero ware; ovoid body on a ring base, cylindrical neck, slightly concave, with horizontal ridges at the junction with the body and roughly mid-way; everted rim with carination; oval-sectioned handle arching from rim to shoulder. Made of buff-orange clay with burnished slip, fired red to black over the body of the vase; applied vertical rubs around the body; numerous small pits all over surface. Dimensions: Height: 12 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Cypriot Bucchero Ware Techniques: handmade; slipped; burnished; applied

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Bucchero ware
Shape
Jug
Decoration
Relief and applied
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date
1390 - 1100 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Maroni

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Accession No.

1898,1201.100

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Maroni

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