Middle Bronze Age II

White Painted String-hole Bottle

Pottery bottle in White Painted String-hole Style; handmade; globular body with rounded base and long narrow neck bifurcating to two cutaway mouths with crimped edges; split handle from lower neck to shoulder; two pairs of string-hole projections on either side of the neck at the base and under the rims; buff clay with lustrous pale brown slip; painted decoration in dark brown comprises latticed diamond and latticed panel decoration. Dimensions: Height: 19 centimetres Object Type: bottle Ware: White Painted Ware Series: White Painted String-hole Style (SCE type V C 3) Techniques: handmade; painted; slipped