Zoomorphic Vessel

32-27-19

From: Cyprus | Lapithos

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 32-27-19
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cypriot
Provenience Cyprus | Lapithos
Locus Tomb 802A
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Red Polished III
Description

Red polished III askos. Fine light orange clay. Thick matt red-orange to brown slip. Cylindrical column base with solid flaring foot; torpedo-shaped body, cylindrical neck with beak spout at end of body; vertical handle from rim to top of body. Incised decoration: on top of body, two horizontal multiple zigzags; horizontal band of alternate hatching either side, two pairs of lines across bottom; herringbones on bottom of body and base; on neck, multiple zigzag framed by groups of horizontal lines.

Length 21.2 cm
Width 30.2 cm
Credit Line Cyprus Expedition; B.H. Hill, 1932
Other Number 22 - Field No SF | 3 - Other Number

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