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Tankard (proto base ring ware)

CYPRUS, Stephania, tomb 14A
Tankard (proto base ring ware)
 1575 BCE-1050 BCE

Medium
earthenware

Measurements
18.2 × 14.9 × 12.7 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1968

Reproduction requests

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Stephania, Cyprus

Accession Number
D141-1969

Department
Antiquities

Physical description
Soft fabric with dark brown slip. Depressed biconical body with flat base. The neck is long and broad with an everted rim. The handle is quite flat and curves from the shoulder to the lip of the rim, with a thumb piece projecting above the rim. A wavy moulded ridge runs around the shoulder and there are two moulded lines on the neck. Hole drilled post firing on shoulder opposite handle. Handbuilt.

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