Red Polished Ware Bowl

Red Polished Ware Bowl

Description:

Pottery bowl in Red Polished (Black Top) ware; hand-made; deep body with concave sides and round base; small lug, pierced vertically, on the rim. Made of buff clay with a burnished surface, fired red on the lower exterior and black on the upper exterior and inside the bowl. Surface worn.


Dimensions: Diameter: 9.30 centimetres rim ; Height: 5 centimetres


Object Type: bowl


Ware: Red Polished Ware (RP I-II)


Techniques: pierced

Period:

Early Bronze Age II

Date:

2200 - 2000 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Vounous

Accession Number:

1980,1126.5