White Painted Oinochoe, Geometric II Cypriot trefoil-mouthed jug
White Painted Oinochoe, Geometric II Cypriot, c. 900–700 BC. British Museum, 1876,0909.31.+.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Geometric II

White Painted Oinochoe

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

Accession No.

1876,0909.31.+

Collection

Provenance

  • Cyprus

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