White Painted Wishbone Bowl - image 1

Middle Bronze Age III

White Painted Wishbone Bowl

Pottery shallow bowl in White Painted V; handmade; roughly hemispherical bowl with everted rim and a horizontal wishbone handle; buff clay with a buff slip, decorated with orange paint; outside, the top part of the bowl under the rim is decorated with latticed diamonds framed by encircling lines, whilst underneath two group of five lines cross at the centre; inside the bowl, a wavy and straight line encircle the rim; repaired from several pieces. Dimensions: Diameter: 9.50 centimetres; Height: 7.40 centimetres Object Type: bowl Ware: White Painted Ware Series: White Painted V Techniques: painted

Date

1750 - 1550 BC

Accession No.

1884,1210.98

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Phoenikiais (?)
  • Alambra (?)