White Painted Spouted Jug

White Painted Spouted Jug

Description:

Pottery spouted jug in White Painted ware; globular-ovoid body on a low, splaying conical foot; short, slightly concave neck with a basket handle; small conical spout below neck; made with buff clay and drab slip, decorated in dark brown paint: horizonal parallel lines around the body, short bars on the handle, stripes down the spout, solid neck; foot and rim chipped.


Dimensions: Height: 12.50 centimetres


Object Type: jug


Ware: White Painted Ware


Series: White Painted III


Techniques: painted; slipped; wheel-made

Period:

Geometric II

Date:

900 - 750 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Amathus

Accession Number:

1894,1101.417