Base Ring Bull Rhyton

Base Ring Bull Rhyton

Description:

Pottery Base Ring II ware bull rhyton; hand-made; lower face forms tubular spout with hole through mouth; originally applied pellets for eyes, now missing; short concave neck with flaring rim on shoulder of bull, with strap handle from rim to rear of vessel; dewlap and tail moulded in relief; decorated with painted white stripes at front and rear and hatched rectangles down body; thin matt brown slip; fabric medium brown with grey core; tips of horns missing.


Dimensions: Height: 11.20 centimetres; Length: 13.70 centimetres; Width: 4.70 centimetres


Object Type: rhyton; askos


Ware: Base Ring Ware


Series: Base Ring II


Techniques: painted; handmade; slipped

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1450 - 1100 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.866