White Painted Wishbone Bowl

White Painted Wishbone Bowl

Description:

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

Period:

Middle Bronze Age III

Date:

1750 - 1550 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Phoenikiais (?)

Alambra (?)

Accession Number:

1884,1210.98