White Painted Ovoid Jug

White Painted Ovoid Jug

Description:

Pottery jug in White Painted ware; wheel-made; ovoid body on a slightly raised disc base; narrow concave neck and trefoil mouth; single handle arching from shoulder to rim; orange-buff clay and cream slip, decorated in black paint: black bands on the body and neck, curved hook beneath the handle; paint much worn and surface encrusted.


Dimensions: Height: 22 centimetres


Object Type: jug


Ware: White Painted Ware (WP V)


Techniques: painted; wheel-made

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 450 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Kourion

Accession Number:

1982,0729.402