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White Painted Oinochoe, Geometric II Cypriot trefoil-mouthed jug
White Painted Oinochoe, Geometric II Cypriot, c. 900–750 BC. British Museum, 1905,1206.8.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Geometric II

White Painted Oinochoe

Pottery oinochoe or jug in White Painted ware; globular-biconical body on a flat base with a wide neck and trefoil mouth; reddish-orange clay and slip decorated in black paint with bands around the neck and a plant motif flanked by swastikas below the spout, a pair of eyes on the mouth; handle lost. Dimensions: Height: 15.80 centimetres Object Type: oinochoe; jug Ware: White Painted Ware (WP III) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
White Painted ware (Iron Age)
Shape
JugTrefoil-mouthed jug
Decoration
Painted
Motifs
Bands and lines, Other plants and flowers, Swastika
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Geometric
Date
900 - 750 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus

Identifiers

Accession no.
1905,1206.8, British Museum · Museum record

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