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White Painted Ware Jug

Pottery jug in White Painted ware; wheel-made; ovoid body on a disc base (the centre filled in with a modern repair); short narrow neck and a trefoil mouth; arching handle from shoulder to rim; buff clay and cream-white slip, decorated in matt black paint: narrow bands on the body and neck, solid paint on foot, zig-zag decoration on the handle; base chipped and surface abraded and encrusted. Dimensions: Height: 17.10 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: White Painted Ware (WP III-IV) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Date

900 - 700 BC

Accession No.

1982,0729.348

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Kourion