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White Painted Trefoil Jug
Description: | Squat pottery jug in White Painted ware; squat globular body on a narrow, slightly raised base; wide, somewhat concave neck with a trefoil mouth; cream clay and slip, decorated in black and reddish-brown paint: three stylised tree motifs on the body, single bands around the neck and on the rim, a pair of eyes on the mouth, zig-zag on the handle. Dimensions: Height: 18.40 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Bichrome Ware (Bichrome IV) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped |
Period: | Archaic I |
Date: | 750 - 600 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Cyprus |
Accession Number: | 1982,0726.17 |