Red Polished Horned Jar - image 1

Early Bronze Age III

Red Polished Horned Jar

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

Date

2100 - 1800 BC

Accession No.

1937,1118.1

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Kalavasos