Jug (white painted III ware)
Iron Age, Cypro-Geometric 1050 BCE-750 BCE
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
30.2 × 15.5 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1893
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Physical description
Wheel made jug with piriform body flaring to a ring base and with a narrow neck extending out to a trefoil mouth. The handle is attached at the rim and curves out and upwards slightly before following the line of the neck down to join the body at the shoulder. The jug is painted in dark brown, wide concentric bands, horizontally circling the vertical bands alternating with two circles around the shoulder. A band separates the neck from the body. The neck is decorated with narrow concentric bands and a horizontal wavy line. Th eupper part of the neck and mouth are completely painted brown. The handle is decorated with three series of nine fine/narrow horizontal bands (on the exterior).