White Painted Pedestalled Cup

White Painted Pedestalled Cup

Description:

Pottery two-handled pedestalled cup or bowl in White Painted ware; wheel-made; deep body with vertical sides; two opposing loop handles; conical pedestal with a wide base (hollow underneath); buff clay and slip, decorated in matt brown paint: bands on the body and rim and around the interior, solid handles and foot; foot and rim damaged, surface encrusted in places.


Dimensions: Diameter: 11.60 centimetres


Object Type: cup; bowl


Ware: White Painted Ware (WP II (?))


Techniques: painted; slipped; wheel-made

Period:

Geometric II

Date:

950 - 800 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Kourion

Accession Number:

1982,0729.387