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White Painted Footed Cup

Pottery footed cup in White Painted ware; wheel-made; deep body with a slight double-curved profile and everted rim; low conical foot with a flat base (hollow underneath); single handle from body to rim; cream-buff clay and slip, decorated in matt black-brown paint: pair of wavy lines on the shoulder, bands on the rim and inside the vessel, solid foot and handle, with a small fin-like motif descending from the base of the latter. Dimensions: Diameter: 13 centimetres Object Type: cup Ware: White Painted Ware (WP I-II (?)) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Date

1050 - 900 BC

Accession No.

1982,0729.391

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Kourion