Red Polished Ware Jug

Red Polished Ware Jug

Description:

Pottery jug in Red Polished I ware; hand-made; ovoid body with broad flat base and cylindrical neck with everted circular rim; handle from upper neck to shoulder; buff pink slipped and polished surface; restored rim.


Dimensions: Diameter: 25.30 centimetres; Height: 42 centimetres


Object Type: jug


Ware: Red Polished Ware


Series: Red Polished I-II (north coast) (Stewart type IB 1ba1)


Techniques: handmade; slipped; polished

Period:

Early Bronze Age II

Date:

2300 - 2100 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Vounous

Accession Number:

1939,0217.26