White Painted Strainer Jug

White Painted Strainer Jug

Description:

Pottery strainer jug in White Wheelmade III ware; ovoid body and long, narrow, slightly concave nack leading to a plain, everted rim; vertical strap handle from shoulder to rim; trough-shaped spout at shoulder with perforations in body of vessel for straining; ring base; decorated in matt dark-brown clay with narrow parallel lines on body and around base of neck; concentric semi-circles filled with rows of dots on shoulder.


Dimensions: Height: 21.60 centimetres


Object Type: jug


Ware: White Painted Wheel-made Ware


Series: White Painted Wheel-made III


Techniques: slipped; wheel-made; painted

Period:

Late Bronze Age III

Date:

1200 - 1100 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Episkopi-Bamboula

Accession Number:

1896,0201.330