White Painted Oinochoe
Description: | Pottery oinochoe or jug in White Painted ware; globular-ovoid body with narrow neck flaring outwards to a trefoil mouth; pale yellowish-white clay with a cream slip decorated in black paint: bands around the neck, ladder pattern on the handle, chevrons and swastikas on body, curved stroke beneath base of handle, a pair of eyes on the mouth. Dimensions: Height: 19.50 centimetres Object Type: oinochoe; jug Ware: White Painted Ware (WP III) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped |
Period: | Geometric II |
Date: | 900 - 700 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Cyprus |
Accession Number: | 1876,0909.31.+ |