
Archaic I
White Painted Trefoil Jug
Squat pottery jug in White Painted ware; squat globular body on a narrow, slightly raised base; wide, somewhat concave neck with a trefoil mouth; cream clay and slip, decorated in black and reddish-brown paint: three stylised tree motifs on the body, single bands around the neck and on the rim, a pair of eyes on the mouth, zig-zag on the handle. Dimensions: Height: 18.40 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Bichrome Ware (Bichrome IV) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped
Date
750 - 600 BC
Accession No.
1982,0726.17
Collection
British Museum
Provenance
- Cyprus