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White Painted Trefoil Jug

Pottery jug in White Painted ware; globular body with concave neck and trefoil mouth; sunken base; angular handle from shoulder to rim; buff clay and slip decorated with black paint: single band around the neck, groups of swastikas on the body, a ladder pattern on the handle with a hook motif hanging from the lower end, a pair of eyes on the mouth. Dimensions: Height: 13.50 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: White Painted Ware (WP III) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Date

900 - 750 BC

Accession No.

1935,0611.4

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus