White Painted Bull's-Eye Jug - image 1

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White Painted Bull's-Eye Jug

Pottery juglet in White Painted ware; globular body with prominent nipples on each side; narrow neck with a funnel-shaped mouth; single arching handle with a squared profile from shoulder to neck; buff clay and slip, decorated in brown paint: groups of large concentric circles forming bull's-eye motif on the body, bands on the neck, ladder-pattern on handle; rim chipped. Dimensions: Height: 9.50 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: White Painted Ware (WP III) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Date

900 - 750 BC

Accession No.

1869,0604.1

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus