Proto-White Painted Stirrup Jar - image 1

Late Bronze Age III

Proto-White Painted Stirrup Jar

Proto-White Painted stirrup jar or false-necked jar; globular body with an upright spout and everted rim; low ring base; tapering false-neck terminating in a flat disc; a pair of vertical strap handles extend from the painted shoulder to the top of the false-spout; buff clay and slip decorated with matt black paint: solid paint and concentric bands on the lower part of the body and latticed and hatched-triangles and fringed concentric circles on the body. Dimensions: Height: 10.50 centimetres Object Type: jar Ware: Proto-White Painted Techniques: painted; wheel-made

Date

1100 - 1000 BC

Accession No.

1982,0726.3

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus