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Archaic I

White Painted Jug

Pottery jug in White Painted ware; wheel-made; globular-ovoid body on a low disc base; narrow conical neck with a trefoil mouth; single handle arching from shoulder to rim; rather coarse orange-red clay with a cream slip, decorated with black paint: parallel bands around the body and neck, with a hook motif hanging from the handle; surface much eroded and encrusted, mouth chipped. Dimensions: Height: 19.40 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: White Painted Ware (WP IV-V) Techniques: painted; wheel-made

Date

750 - 500 BC

Accession No.

1982,0729.404

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Kourion