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A Late Bronze Age Lentoid Flask
c. Late Bronze, 1500-1300 B.C.

 
Item Number: 1VWE9
Category: Holyland
Period: Late Bronze
Date: c. Late Bronze, 1500-1300 B.C.
Material: Terra Cotta
Height: 3 1/4" (8.2cm)
Display Stand: Not Applicable
Price: $ 325 (USD)
Status: Available
Description: Also known as a pilgrim flask, reddish-orange in color, buffed terracotta, of a barrel-shaped offset body, tiny handles from the narrow neck to shoulder, with a flaring mouth, decorated with concentric circles on both sides of the body filled with a dot on either side. Cypriot potteries were exported to all the countries of the eastern Mediterranean area.
Provenance: with Archaeologia Gallery (1972-1983)

Condition: Minor chip to the mouth, otherwise an intact example.

 
A Late Bronze Age Lentoid Flask