Base Ring Ware Jug - image 1

Late Bronze Age II

Base Ring Ware Jug

Pottery jug in Base Ring II ware; handmade; piriform body with a ring base and a long, cylindrical slightly widening neck with a flared rim; strap handle from neck to shoulder; made of buff clay with a brown-orange lustrous slip, decorated in white-buff paint executed with group of aparallel lines, some encircling around the neck and lower body, with others placed obliquely around the body. Dimensions: Height: 30.50 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Base Ring Ware Series: Base Ring II (SCE type IX B 1d) Techniques: painted; slipped; handmade

Date

1450 - 1200 BC

Accession No.

1876,0909.53

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus