Cypriot Bucchero Wheel-made Jug - image 1

Late Bronze Age III

Cypriot Bucchero Wheel-made Jug

Pottery Bucchero Wheel-made ware small jug; wheel-made; round mouth; stepped vertical rim; narrow cylindrical neck; ridge at neck to body join; slightly piriform body; ring base; vertical strap handle from rim to shoulder; body decorated with vertical ridges formed by shaving excess clay from body whilst vessel in leather-hard stage; self-slipped and burnished to a slight lustre; surface and clay dark grey. Dimensions: Diameter: 11.60 centimetres; Height: 18.60 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Cypriot Bucchero Ware Techniques: wheel-made; shaved; burnished; self-slip

Date

1200 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

1897,0401.889

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi