Caption

Cypriot jug, Cypriot Bichrome Ware III, Cypriot—Geometric Period III. Jug on a low, straight foot. Globular body flattened at the bottom. Quite narrow neck with a 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 a wide red band with three black lines below, the first adjacent to the red band. At the lower neck, above the handle attachment, a narrow black band; another narrow black band at the base of the neck. The belly bears three identical shooting target motifs on front and sides: a wide red circular band with a black dot and inner circle, surrounded externally by four black-brown circles, the first adjacent to the red band. The handle is unpainted on the vessel side, black on top with light horizontal lines. The foot on the side is black. On the bottom, two concentric circles with a center marked by a dot. Good condition. Origin: Cyprus., A round ceramic vessel with a beige base color and a few bands of dark brown circular and linear painted designs across its surface, showing a central concentric ring pattern on the bottom and diagonal striped bands along the sides, with a small circular darker spot near the center and a few small specks and surface imperfections, and a plain light gray background surrounding the object; visible colors include beige, dark brown, light gray, and a small area of red.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A06_088

License type

Rights managed

Available size

74.4Mb (1.7Mb) / 17.0in x 17.0in / 5100 x 5100 (300dpi)

Keywords

Cypriot jug Cypriot Bichrome Ware III Cypriot Geometric Period III Jug low straight foot Globular body flattened bottom Quite narrow neck funnel-shaped spout Slightly flattened 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 neck handle attachment narrow black band another narrow black band belly bears three identical shooting target motifs front sides wide red circular band black dot inner circle surrounded externally four black-brown circles handle unpainted vessel side black top light horizontal lines foot side two concentric circles center marked dot Good condition Origin Cyprus round ceramic vessel beige base color bands dark brown circular linear painted designs across surface showing central concentric ring pattern diagonal striped small circular darker spot near center small specks surface imperfections plain light gray background surrounding object visible colors include beige dark brown light gray small area red.