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1884.38.59

Jug of white paintedware. Ovoid body, ring base, short concave neck, pinched mouth, pinched spout, flat handle from rim to shoulder.

1884.38.59

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Collection type
Object
Description
Jug of white paintedware. Ovoid body, ring base, short concave neck, pinched mouth, pinched spout, flat handle from rim to shoulder.
Long description
Pottery vessel, jug. “Jug of white painted III ware. Ovoid body, ring base, short concave neck, pinched mouth, pinched spout, flat handle from rim to shoulder. The shoulder opposite the handle is decorated with a vertical row of parallel chevrons above which is a vertical column of dots descending from the neckline. Below the chevrons is a solid triangle. On either side of the chevrons is a small swastika. Horizontal bands around neckline and neck. ‘Eye’ on either side of spout. Paint on rim. The exterior of the handle is decorated with horizontal lines between two vertical bands down the edges. Hook handing down from base of handle.” [Description by Karageorghis, V., 2009, p.47] [JFK 16/10/2009] From conservation card by Emma Hook 1.7.1997: Ceramic jug with trefoil spout and single handle. Decorated with linear and geometric black paint. Ink label reads "Cyprus Cesnola coll... P.R. coll [4/2148 x]. Paper label "8". [FC 28/01/2009]
Geographical reference
Cyprus
Asia > Western Asia > Cyprus
Unknown
Date / Period
Date made: 900-750 BC Archaeological period: Iron Age Cypro-Geometric III
Date collected
By 1884
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Process Decorated
Dimensions
Height: max 140 mm, Diameter: max 90 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.38.59 Other numbers: Cypriot Archaeology 037 PR no.: 4/ 2148a
Research and responses

“Probably excavated by Alessandro Palma di Cesnola. 'Lawrence-Cesnola Collection'. Probably purchased by Pitt Rivers at Sotheby's, possibly on 15 May 1884”. [Karageorghis, V., 2009, p.47] [JFK 16/10/2009]

It seems likely that this object was from the Lawrence-Cesnola collection which was sold at Sotheby on 15th May 1884 as other items from that collection bought on 15-17 May 1884 were received by SKM on 22 or 29 July [AP 24/04/2012]

Associated publications
Published under catalogue number 37 on page 47 in Karageorghis, V., (2009) Cypriote Art in the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford. A.G. Leventis Foundation. [JFK 09/10/2009]

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