Red Polished Juglet - image 1

Middle Bronze Age I

Red Polished Juglet

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

Date

1900 - 1800 BC

Accession No.

1888,0927.23

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Ayia Paraskevi