White Painted Cup

White Painted Cup

Description:

Pottery cup in White Painted ware; wheel-made; deep body with a concave sides and a flattened on a small ring-foot; two opposing handles (one damaged); buff clay and similar slip (if not fired this colour), decorated with brown paint: columns of chequer motifs on the exterior.


Dimensions: Diameter: 13 centimetres


Object Type: cup


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:

1982,0729.394