
Middle Bronze Age III
White Painted Bird Flask
Pottery flask in White Painted IV ware; hand-made; bird-shaped body (with tail feathers) with an arching handle on top of the body; small cutaway spout, concave sides; made of orange-buff clay decorated with matt orange-brown paint: parallel diagonal lines on the body, horizontal parallel lines on the neck and bands around the handle. Dimensions: Height: 10.16 centimetres; Length: 10.16 centimetres Object Type: flask Ware: White Painted Ware Series: White Painted IV (SCE Type XVIII, c) Techniques: painted; handmade
Date
1800 - 1650 BC
Accession No.
1876,0909.11
Collection
British Museum
Provenance
- Cyprus
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