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 on the outside 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 Bichrome Ware III, Cypriot Geometric Period III, Cyprus., A top-down view of a rounded ceramic vessel with a narrow neck and a handle, showing a muted palette of beige, brown, and dark brown; the vessel surface has smooth, slightly textured clay with a central dark opening, decorative parallel dark brown bands encircling the body and neck, and a curved handle attached to the side that features darker striping, all set against a plain gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A06_087

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Rights managed

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74.4Mb (1.4Mb) / 17.0in x 17.0in / 5100 x 5100 (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 outside four black-brown circles handle unpainted vessel side black top light horizontal lines foot side two concentric circles center marked dot Good condition Cypriot Bichrome Ware III Cypriot Geometric Period III Cyprus top-down view rounded ceramic vessel narrow neck showing muted palette beige dark brown vessel surface smooth slightly textured clay central dark opening decorative parallel dark brown bands encircling curved handle attached features darker striping set plain gray background.