Red-on-black Ware Jug - image 1

Middle Bronze Age II

Red-on-black Ware Jug

Pottery jug in Red-on-black Ware; handmade; globular body with round base and long, narrow neck with flared rim; round handle from rim to shoulder; made with buff clay with a dark, brown polished slip; painted red decoration consists of groups of short parallel lines repeated in a chequerboard pattern over the entire surface including the neck and shoulder. Dimensions: Height: 32.50 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Red-On-Black Ware Techniques: slipped; painted; handmade

Date

1850 - 1550 BC

Accession No.

1927,0317.1

Collection

British Museum

Provenance