White Painted String-hole Flask - image 1

Middle Bronze Age II

White Painted String-hole Flask

Pottery flask in White Painted String-hole Style; oblong lenticular body with flattened base and cylindrical neck with beaked mouth; string-hole projections on either side of neck and down the side of the body; buff clay with yellowish buff slip; black painted decoration comprsies three horizontal panels with lattice pattern on the body and encircling lines on the neck. Dimensions: Height: 18.20 centimetres Object Type: flask Ware: White Painted Ware Series: White Painted String-hole Style (SCE type X B 2b) Techniques: handmade; painted; slipped

Date

1850 - 1650 BC

Accession No.

1982,0726.10

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus