Red Polished Horned Jar

Red Polished Horned Jar

Description:

Pottery amphora or jar in Red Polished III ware; hand-made; ovoid body on a rounded base; tall concave neck with a slightly everted plain rim; pair of opposing horned lug handles, pierced with large holes; made of pink-buff clay with a lustrous red slip, decorated with lime-filled incision: vertical bands and zig-zags.


Dimensions: Height: 22 centimetres


Object Type: jar


Ware: Red Polished Ware (RP III)


Techniques: incised; polished; handmade

Period:

Early Bronze Age III

Date:

2100 - 1800 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Kalavasos

Accession Number:

1937,1118.1