White Painted Lentoid Flask

White Painted Lentoid Flask

Description:

Pottery lentoid flask in White Painted I ware; flattened spherical body; narrow, concave neck with a funnel-shaped mouth; single arching handle from shoulder to neck; buff clay and slip, decorated in brown paint with concentric circles.


Dimensions: Height: 11.90 centimetres


Object Type: flask


Ware: White Painted Ware (WP I)


Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Period:

Geometric I

Date:

1050 - 900 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Kourion

Accession Number:

1982,0729.306