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From:UC Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities

Name/TitleBottle

About this objectA Cypriot Black-on-red bottle with two handles. The bottle has a round body with a long neck that has a flaring opening, and a sharp ridge in the middle. The handles flare up from just below the neck ridge to join at the top of the body.

The body is well polished and covered with a hard-fired orange-red slip decorated with matt black paint. The handles have bands along the outer edges and around their bases. There is a wide band around the lip, another around the upper neck, and also around the upper part of the neck ridge. Six narrow bands encircle the upper body, just below where the handles attach, and there are two wider bands that encircle the body slightly below the widest point. On the shoulder of the bottle, between the two handles, are two sets of four concentric circles.

These small containers are associated with the production of perfumed oils, ointments, or lotions.

Date Made850-600 BC

PeriodIron Age

Place MadeCyprus

Medium and MaterialsCeramic: Pottery

Style and IconographyGeometric patterns

Style and IconographyCypro-Geometric

Style and IconographyCypro-Phoenician

TechniqueThrowing (pottery technique)

TechniquePolychromy

MeasurementsHeight 118mm; Diameter 74mm

Named CollectionThe James Logie Memorial Collection, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Credit LineDonated by the Christchurch Classical Association, 1953. Formerly in the collection of James H Rea.

Object TypeContainers

Object number13.53