White Painted Oinochoe
Description: | 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 |
Period: | Geometric II |
Date: | 900 - 750 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Cyprus |
Accession Number: | 1905,1206.8 |