Caption

Jug, excavations at Nea Paphos Cyprus - equivalent, Cyprus, Cypriot pottery, Bronze Age Cypriot White Painted I. Jug with a large, oval and flattened belly, an indistinct foot, sloping shoulders, a low and narrow neck with a thickened outer edge of the spout. A small, cylindrical vertical handle, attached to the shoulders of the vessel and to the spout, protrudes slightly above the upper edge of the spout. Orange-cream clay. Cream engobe. Painted geometric decoration in brown. On the neck are zigzag bands of three parallel horizontal lines between each band the highest of which is at the edge of the spout. Body decoration in vertical stripes bounded on both sides by lines - in the centers of the sides of the vessel a zigzag of a single line; between them, two zigzags with a grid pattern, 4 meshes wide. At the bottom of the vessel, a continuous horizontal line intersects the lines delimiting the fields. Condition: slight loss at the rim. The surface of the vessel is heavily worn in many places; the decoration is quite poorly preserved in many places. 1800–1650 BC; Middle Cypriot period II–III, Cyprus, vessel, A rounded ceramic vessel with a single loop handle near its narrow neck is shown against a plain neutral background; the surface is textured and weathered with an overall palette of beige, light tan, pale pinkish-beige, and muted brown markings, including a few irregular darker brown decorative strokes and smudges, and the rim and handle show slightly lighter and rougher coloration.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A01_007

License type

Rights managed

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64.1Mb (1.4Mb) / 12.4in x 20.0in / 3732 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Jug excavations Nea Paphos Cyprus - equivalent Cyprus Cypriot pottery Bronze Age Cypriot White Painted I large oval flattened belly indistinct foot sloping shoulders low narrow neck thickened outer edge spout small cylindrical vertical handle attached shoulders vessel protrudes slightly upper edge Orange-cream clay Cream engobe Painted geometric decoration brown neck zigzag bands three parallel horizontal lines band highest edge Body decoration vertical stripes bounded sides lines - centers zigzag single line them two zigzags grid pattern 4 meshes wide bottom continuous horizontal line intersects lines delimiting fields Condition slight loss rim surface heavily worn places decoration quite poorly preserved 1800–1650 Bc Middle Cypriot period II–III rounded ceramic vessel single loop handle near shown plain neutral background textured weathered palette beige light tan pale pinkish-beige muted brown markings irregular darker brown decorative strokes smudges slightly lighter rougher coloration.