Walters, Henry Beauchamp; British Museum <London> [Editor]: Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (Band 1,2): Cypriote, Italian, and Etruscan pottery (London, 1912)

TWO-HANDLED FLASKS. I I I

shoulder each side, groups of wavy lines and semicircles ; below, narrow bands
between broad ones.

C 568. TWO-HANDLED FLASK. Form 59. Ht. 6 in. Similarly acquired (tomb 69).

Excavations in Cyprus, p. 40, fig. 68 ; Jourii. R. Inst. Brit. Archit., 3rd Ser. vii. No. 2,
p. 25.

Ruff slip ; lustrous red paint. Spherical body ; short neck
and small flat handles. Surface much damaged in parts and
one handle injured. Paint on handles and bands on neck ;
below the handles, curved strokes. On each face, a series of
concentric circles in groups of four or five, with central disc and
wide outer band ; ring round base. Fig. ,97 =c568.

C 569. TWO-HANDLED FLASK. Form 59. Ht. 4; in. Similarly acquired (tomb 83).

Drab slip ; dull black paint. Globular body ; long neck ; handles
higher than usual. Surface much worn in parts. Paint on handles, base
of neck, and foot ; on rim, narrow rings. Below the handles, semicircular
markings and rows of chevrons; on each face of the vase, fine concentric
rings.

"570. TWO-HANDLED FLASK. Form 60. Ht. 5J in. From excavations at Klavdia, near

Larnaka, 1899; tomb A. 12.

Globular body with narrow neck and small foot. Buff slip ; dark red paint.
Paint on handles, foot, and top and base of neck ; on the body each side,
concentric rings in three groups, with outer wide band.

(2) Type with Flattened Body (C 571-574). Form 58; cf. Myken. Vasett,

pi. 44, No. 73.

C 571. TWO-HANDLED FLASK. Ht.4*in. From excavations at Curium (Turner Bequest),

1895 ; tomb 31. Excavations in Cyprus, p. 72, fig. 124.

Bod)- iii form of oblate spheroid (like a false-necked jar) ; narrow neck with
plain mouth ; handles set square. Buff slip ; black paint varying to red, worn
in places. Bands on rim, neck, and handles ; round body and foot, bands and
rings of varying width.

572. TWO-HANDLED FLASK, similar. Ht. 3^ in. From excavations at Enkomi (Turner

Bequest), 1S96 ; tomb 88. Excavations in Cyprus, p. 34, fig. 62, No. 1222.

Buff slip ; red paint. Surface worn. Wide mouth. Bands on handles and
round neck ; on body, six broad bands.

'3. FLASK, similar. Cf. Form 57. Ht. 3* in. Similarly acquired (tomb 17). •

Light buff slip ; dark red paint. Mouth broken off and side damaged.
Bands on handle and neck ; on shoulder each side, pattern of curved lines as
C 503 ; on body, broad and narrow bands.