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Bichrome Nipple Flask, Geometric II Cypriot, Bichrome III
Bichrome Nipple Flask, Geometric II Cypriot, Bichrome III, c. 900–750 BC. British Museum, 1982,0721.30.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Geometric II

Bichrome Nipple Flask

Pottery lentoid flask or bottle in Bichrome III ware; prominent nipple on each side of the body; narrow neck with a ridge, flaring to a trumpet-shaped mouth; two vertical arching handles; buff clay and slip, decorated in red and black paint: concentric circles on each side of the body with a bull's eye motif at the centre, bands on the neck, red lip. Dimensions: Height: 14.40 centimetres Object Type: flask; bottle Ware: Bichrome Ware (BiCh III) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Bichrome ware (Iron Age)Bichrome III
Shape
FlaskLentoid flask
Decoration techniques
Painted, PaintedPainted in two colours
Motif
Concentric circles
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Geometric
Date
900 - 750 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Collection

British Museum

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Accession no.
1982,0721.30, British Museum · Museum record

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