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 |