Red Polished Bowl

Red Polished Bowl

Description:

Pottery bowl in Red Polished IV ware; handmade; round base, curved sides and inturned rim; horizontal loop handle rising from just below the rim and set diagonally with a small projection opposite the handle; reddish clay with red slip; incised zigzag pattern around rim.


Dimensions: Diameter: 16.50 centimetres; Height: 15 centimetres


Object Type: bowl


Ware: Red Polished Ware


Series: Stewart Type (XIII L d2)


Techniques: handmade; incised; slipped; polished

Period:

Middle Bronze Age III

Date:

1800 - 1650 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Phoenikiais

Accession Number:

1884,1210.108