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White Painted Pedestalled Cup, Geometric II Cypriot footed or pedestal bowl
White Painted Pedestalled Cup, Geometric II Cypriot, c. 950–800 BC. British Museum, 1982,0729.387.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Geometric II

White Painted Pedestalled Cup

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

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
White Painted ware (Iron Age)
Shape
BowlFooted or pedestal bowl
Decoration
Painted
Motif
Bands and lines
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Geometric
Date
950 - 800 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Kourion

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Kourion

Identifiers

Accession no.
1982,0729.387, British Museum · Museum record

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