Concical-piriform Three-Handled Jar
15th-14th century BCE
Description
Short neck with horizontal lip. Wide and narrow bands enciricling foot, neck, and above and below shoulder. Handles are painted solid. Foliate band(vericical // lines) around shoulder between handles. Brown paint on buff slip. Extremly weathered, faded, broken at rim and shoulder and mended. brittle. chipped concave foot.
Dimensions
H. 16.3, D. 14
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of David Moore Robinson. Reportedly from Salamis, Cyprus.
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