Chevron-Decorated Red Polished Bowl

Chevron-Decorated Red Polished Bowl

Description:

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

Period:

Early Bronze Age II

Date:

2300 - 2100 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Vounous

Accession Number:

1939,0217.1