Cypriot Terracotta jug “Bilbil”,24,5 cm

Both the body and the neck of this beautiful jug are decorated with white stripes that show some wear in the lower area until reaching its wide and rounded base. Archaeologists invented the name of Bilbil for these beautiful containers generally small because the word had difficult correspondence in Western languages. In some cases, analysis of the residues inside a bilbil jug has shown that it contained a kind of opium extract. Provenance: Archaeological Center Israel, 2006 Previous owner: Documentation at Archaeological Center. All items that we offer for sale will be combined with an export approval issued by the ministry of the Spanish culture department and certificate of authenticity. Statement seen by Catawiki. Important information. The seller guarantees that he is entitled to ship this lot. The seller will take care that any necessary permits will be arranged. The seller will inform the buyer about this if this takes more than a few days. Important: For destinations out of Spanish territorry: all our object will be shipped after obtaining CERTIFICATE OF EXPORTATION by Ministry of Culture of Spain. We inform our clients that it may take between 4-8 weeks.