Chevron-Decorated Red Polished Bowl - image 1

Early Bronze Age II

Chevron-Decorated Red Polished Bowl

Red Polished Ware bowl; hand-made; shallow hemispherical body with a curved base; pair of opposing horizontal lugs on the rim, one pierced; made of coarse buff clay mixed with fine grit and straw; red polished slip decorated with incised chevrons filled with lime. Dimensions: Diameter: 13.10 - 14.80 centimetres; Height: 14.80 centimetres Object Type: bowl Ware: Red Polished Ware Series: Red Polished I-II (north coast) (Stewart type XIIICe) Techniques: slipped; polished; incised; handmade

Date

2300 - 2100 BC

Accession No.

1939,0217.1

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Vounous