Caption

Cypriot gourd jug, A small vessel with a barrel-shaped gourd-shaped body, without a foot, with a spherical bottom. The center is marked with a small protruding point on both short sides. A single handle on the long side, mounted at the greatest bulge of the body and at the base of the neck, bent at a right angle. Quite long neck, strongly flaring, conical spout. Neck and handle slightly offset from the vessel axis; the handle is mounted at a slight angle, with a very clear trace of finger pressure on the right side where it is attached to the neck. Reddish-brown clay. Yellowish-brown engobe. Decoration in black-brown and matte red. The rim is decorated externally with a wide matte red band. The body is decorated on both sides with two groups of three concentric black-brown lines, of varying widths and spacing. In the groups on the shorter sides, the outer line is much wider than the others. Protruding points are marked in black-brown. Preservation condition: cracked and glued neck and handle. Cypro-Geometric Period III, Cyprus; vessel., A round clay vessel with a single curved handle and a flared neck displayed against a plain gray background; the vessel surface is mostly beige with darker brown and black painted concentric circular bands on the body and roundels, a dark brown band around the rim, and areas of wear and slight discoloration visible on the textured surface.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A01_016

License type

Rights managed

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75.5Mb (1.4Mb) / 14.9in x 19.7in / 4469 x 5904 (300dpi)

Keywords

Cypriot gourd jug small vessel barrel-shaped gourd-shaped body foot spherical bottom center marked small protruding point short sides single handle long side mounted greatest bulge body base neck bent right angle Quite long neck strongly flaring conical spout Neck handle slightly offset vessel axis handle slight angle clear trace finger pressure right side attached Reddish-brown clay Yellowish-brown engobe Decoration black-brown matte red rim decorated externally wide matte red band decorated sides two groups three concentric black-brown lines varying widths spacing groups shorter sides outer line wider Protruding points Preservation condition cracked glued neck Cypro-Geometric Period III Cyprus vessel round clay vessel single curved flared neck displayed plain gray background vessel surface mostly beige darker brown black painted concentric circular bands roundels dark brown band areas wear slight discoloration visible textured surface.