Red Polished Equine Figurine

Red Polished Equine Figurine

Description:

Terracotta figurine of a equine quadruped (probably a donkey or mule) originally with panniers (now missing) in Red Polished ware; hand-made; panniers missing; made of buff clay covered in a lustrous slip, fired red; incised geometrical decoration: bands of parallel lines and zig-zags.


Dimensions: Height: 11.30 centimetres; Length: 13.30 centimetres


Object Type: figurine


Ware: Red Polished Ware


Techniques: handmade; slipped; polished; incised

Period:

Early Bronze Age III

Date:

2100 - 1900 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Alambra

Accession Number:

1930,0422.2