White Painted Female Figurine

White Painted Female Figurine

Description:

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

Period:

Late Bronze Age III

Date:

1250 - 1050 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Found/Acquired: Nicosia (city) (?)

Accession Number:

1917,0701.38