Red Polished Ear-lug Jug - image 1

Early Bronze Age II

Red Polished Ear-lug Jug

Pottery ear-lug jug in Red Polished I (Black-topped) ware; hand-made; ovoid body and flat base and long concave neck pierced near the everted rim; two vertical lugs, one piereced; slipped and polished light red-brown surface shading to darker red then black; white filled, incised decoration . Dimensions: Diameter: 18.50 centimetres max. ; Height: 35 centimetres Object Type: jar Ware: Red Polished Ware (RP I) Series: Stewart Series VICb1 var a2 Techniques: handmade; pierced; incised; slipped; polished

Date

2300 - 2100 BC

Accession No.

1939,0217.21

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Vounous