VesselsCypriot2nd millennium BCE

One-Handled Redware Jug

2nd millennium BCE

Description

Redware. Incised white decoration: sets of concentric circles with radiating bands. Circles are linked around top 2/3 of vessel. Round bottom. Small handle from lip to body. Pinched protuberance of clay opposite the handle and below the lip. Globular body widens towards a rounded bottom.

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Terracotta; reddish clay with red slip and white decoration in incisions

Culture

Cypriot

Period

Bronze Age, Middle

Century

2nd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

13 x 10.5 cm (5 1/8 x 4 1/8 in.)

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