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Human-Headed Spouted Vessel, Geometric I Cypriot, White Painted ware
Human-Headed Spouted Vessel, Geometric I Cypriot, White Painted ware, c. 1100–950 BC. British Museum, 1929,1014.4.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Geometric I

Human-Headed Spouted Vessel

White Painted ware vessel with human-headed spout; wheel-made with modelled details; conical/mastoid body on a flat base; spout in the form of a human head; string-hole at opposite side; made of fine buff clay decorated with black paint: bands, chevrons and lattice-lozenges. Dimensions: Height: 14.50 centimetres Object Type: vessel Ware: White Painted Ware Techniques: painted; pierced

Classification

Object type
Terracotta figure-vessel
Ware
White Painted ware (Iron Age)
Shape
Special and ritual vesselsAnthropomorphic vessel
Decoration techniques
Painted, Relief and appliedModelled figures and attachments
Motif
Human figure
Material
Clay
Place of production
Cyprus
Date
1100 - 950 BC

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus

Identifiers

Accession no.
1929,1014.4, British Museum · Museum record

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