White Painted Female Figurine, Late Bronze Age III Cypriot statue

Late Bronze Age III

White Painted Female Figurine

Bottle-shaped terracotta female figurine in what appears to be White Painted Wheelmade III ware; hollow, wheel-made body with a narrow, funnel-like spout on the head; applied pellet eyes and beak nose; hands held beneath breasts; hair rendered as black painted bands; around her neck are two parallel bands, possibly representing jewellery; buff fabric with cream-white slip decorated with parallel lines and chevrons in red and black paint. Dimensions: Height: 15.30 centimetres Object Type: figurine Ware: White Painted Wheel-made Ware (?) Series: White Painted Wheel-made III (?) Techniques: painted; applied; wheel-made

Classification

Object type: Terracotta figure-vessel
Ware: White Painted Wheelmade wareWhite Painted Wheelmade III
Shape: probablySpecial and ritual vesselsAnthropomorphic vessel
Decoration techniques: Painted, Relief and appliedModelled figures and attachments
Motifs: Human figure, Zigzags and chevrons
Material: Clay
Period: probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date: 1250 - 1050 BC
Place of production: probablyCyprus

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Accession No.

1917,0701.38

Collection

Provenance

Found/Acquired: Nicosia (city) (?)

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