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White Painted Ware Jug

Pottery jug in White Painted ware; wheel-made; ovoid body on a ring base; narrow neck flaring outwards to the mouth; double-ribbed handle arching from shoulder to rim; orange-buff clay and slip, decorated in matt black paint: black bands around the body, neck and on rim, with groups of small concentric circles above; the surface, including much of the paint, is worn. Dimensions: Height: 24.10 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: White Painted Ware (WP III) Techniques: painted; wheel-made

Date

900 - 700 BC

Accession No.

1982,0729.308

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Kourion