White Painted Flask - image 1

Middle Bronze Age II

White Painted Flask

Pottery bottle in White Painted Pendent Line Style; handmade; ellipsoidal body with flattened base and short straight neck with everted rim; horned handle from the base of the neck to the shoulder; string-hole projection opposite handle buff clay with buff slip; brown painted decoration (now faded) of alternating groups of two parallel vertical lines and a single wavy line, with encircling lines around the neck. Dimensions: Height: 11.50 centimetres Object Type: flask Ware: White Painted Ware Series: White Painted Pendent Line Style (SCE type II A 1a) Techniques: handmade; painted; slipped

Date

1850 - 1650 BC

Accession No.

1884,1210.48

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Phoenikiais (?)
  • Alambra (?)