Red Lustrous Pilgrim Flask

Red Lustrous Pilgrim Flask

Description:

Pottery pilgrim flask in Red Lustrous Wheel-made Ware; wheel-made; lentoid body with rounded base and long narrow neck with everted rim; two loop handles from the base of the neck to the shoulder along the edges and one vertical handle from mid-neck to shoulder on the back of the vase; made in brick-red clay with a dark red-brown slip, now mostly worn.


Dimensions: Height: 29.50 centimetres


Object Type: flask


Ware: Red Lustrous Wheel-made Ware


Techniques: wheel-made; slipped

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1600 - 1100 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Cyprus

Accession Number:

1876,0909.68