
Geometric II
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