Middle Bronze Age I

Black Polished Miniature Bottle

Pottery miniature bottle of Black Polished ware; hand-made; cylindrical neck with cutaway spout; small pierced vertical lug at spout base; elongated ovoid body with flattened base; highly lustrous burnished black slip; decorated with incised geometric patters infilled with lime paste, including sets of three or four horizontal bands on neck and shoulder; body decorated with band of horizontal lines and circles, framed by horizontal bands of lozenges, band of horizontal lines crossed by pairs of vertical lines at base; fabric dark grey; small chip at top of spout. Dimensions: Height: 8.80 centimetres; Width: 3.70 centimetres Object Type: bottle Ware: Black Polished Techniques: handmade; slipped; burnished; incised