Caption

Cypriot jug, Jug on a low, straight foot. Globular body, flattened at the bottom. Quite narrow neck, funnel-shaped spout. Slightly flattened handle attached to the base of the neck and the upper part of the body. Painted decoration in stripes and linear patterns, in red-brown and black fading to brown. Near the spout is a wide red band, below it three black lines, the first adjacent to the red band. At the lower part of the neck, above the handle attachment, a narrow black band; another narrow black band at the base of the neck. The belly is decorated with three identical shooting target motifs on the front and sides: a wide red circular band with a black dot and a circle in the center, surrounded by four black-brown circles, the first adjacent to the red band. The handle is unpainted on the vessel side, black on the top, with light horizontal lines. The foot on the side is black. On the bottom, two concentric circles with a center marked with a dot. Good condition. Cypriot, Cypriot Bichrome Ware III, Geometric Period III., A rounded ceramic vessel with a narrow flared neck and a single curved handle, shown against a plain neutral background; the body has a matte, sandy beige base color with darker brown circular panels on either side bordered by concentric brown rings and small circular motifs at their centers, while the neck and handle feature horizontal brown banding and the rim appears slightly darker and weathered.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A06_083

License type

Rights managed

Available size

81.0Mb (2.0Mb) / 15.7in x 20.0in / 4717 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Cypriot jug Jug low straight foot Globular body flattened bottom Quite narrow neck funnel-shaped spout Slightly handle attached base neck upper part body Painted decoration stripes linear patterns red-brown black fading brown Near spout wide red band three black lines first adjacent red band lower part handle attachment narrow black band another narrow black band belly decorated three identical shooting target motifs front sides wide red circular band black dot circle center surrounded four black-brown circles handle unpainted vessel side black top light horizontal lines foot side two concentric circles center marked dot Good condition Cypriot Cypriot Bichrome Ware III Geometric Period III rounded ceramic vessel narrow flared single curved shown plain neutral background matte sandy beige base color darker brown circular panels side bordered concentric brown rings small circular motifs centers handle feature horizontal brown banding rim slightly darker weathered.