White Painted Lentoid Flask - image 1

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White Painted Lentoid Flask

Pottery lentoid flask in White Painted ware or variant; flattened spherical body with a shallow depression running around the edge; four lug-handles, two at each side of the body; tall narrow neck with a plain mouth (unless broken off, tof which there is no obvious sign); made of buff clay with similar and slip, decorated in black paint: concentric circles on each side with a bull's eye motif in the centre. Dimensions: Height: 11.70 centimetres Object Type: flask Ware: White Painted Ware Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Date

1050 - 750 BC

Accession No.

1982,0729.383

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Kourion