Red Polished Juglet

Red Polished Juglet

Description:

Pottery juglet in Red Polished III ware; hand-made; globular body with a rounded base supported by tripod feet and a short, narrow neck ending in a funnel-shaped mouth; an oval handle extends from the rim to the shoulder; made of pale clay with a brown slip burnished to a high lustre; decorated with white filled incisions; the decorative motifs consist of a horizontal panel of multiple zigzags, encircled with parallel lines; surface worn in places.


Dimensions: Height: 12.50 centimetres


Object Type: juglet


Ware: Red Polished Ware


Series: Red Polished III (Stewart type I B3 h1)


Techniques: incised; slipped; polished

Period:

Middle Bronze Age I

Date:

1900 - 1800 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Ayia Paraskevi

Accession Number:

1888,0927.23