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Three-dimensional approximation of the vase

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Overview: handle right

Collection: London, British Museum
Summary: "Nipple" jug with curvilinear pattern.
Ware: Cycladic
Context: From Melos
Date: ca. 1850 BC - ca. 1700 BC
Dimensions:

H. 0.398 m.
Shape: Beaked jug
Period: Middle Bronze Age

Decoration Description:

Body: Two projecting "nipples" are in the front of the vessel just under the neck; they are encircled with painted rings and dots. Under this is a painted eye with a symmetrical curl pattern below it. Around the shoulder of the vessel is a repeated pattern of four-petalled flowers within circles. The paint is a matte black-brown color.

Shape Description:

Distinctly local Melian style and shape.

Material Description:

yellowish-white, non-gritty.

Sources Used:

R.N.L. Barber The Cyclades in the Bronze Age (Iowa City: Univ. of Iowa Press, 1987): 148, 149.; Williams 1985, 11