Depressed-ovoid Conical Ewer
c. 1500 BCE-1400 BCE
Description
Ribbed handle, plastic band around throat to mimic riveting. 3 large papyrus-argonauts on shoulder. Below handle there are 2 // vertical wavy lines. There are 2 thick bands around the base of the vessel. There is a band around throat, and 3 thick bands around neck and under the spout. Handle and lip are also painted red. Spout slightly pinched. Orange-buff slip with red paint, paint well preserved on shoulder, though below belly vessel is weathered, chipped, slight encrustation.
Dimensions
29 cm (11 7/16 in.)
Provenance
Reportedly from Salamis, Cyprus. Formerly in the collection of David Moore Robinson.
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