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Archaic I

White Painted Trefoil Jug

Pottery jug in White Painted ware; wheel-made; globular-biconical body on a low disc base; short, slightly convex neck with a trefoil spout; single handle from shoulder to rim; light orange clay with a cream slip, decorated in brown-purple paint: bands around the body and neck with a hook pattern hanging from the handle; body restored in places, surface worn. Dimensions: Height: 17.40 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: White Painted Ware (WP IV) Techniques: painted; wheel-made

Date

750 - 600 BC

Accession No.

1982,0729.403

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Kourion