Ancient Terracotta Canaanite Painted Pyxis.Late Bronze Age 16th-13th Century B.C.

A finely formed pottery pyxis small storage vessel belonging to the Canaanite ceramic tradition of the late Bronze Age.

The vessel has a rounded globular body resting on a small ring foot, a short cylindrical neck with an everted rim and two opposed pierced lug handles rising from the shoulders.

The pale buff surface is decorated in reddish-brown paint with carefully arranged vertical and horizontal linear bands forming geometric panels around the body and shoulder.

In a very good condition.Intact.