Base Ring Ware Bull Rhyton

Base Ring Ware Bull Rhyton

Description:

Pottery Base Ring II ware bull rhyton; hand-made; lower face forms tubular spout with hole through mouth; applied pellets for eyes (one missing); circular hole with rim for mouth of vessel on shoulder of bull, with strap handle from rim to mid back; dewlap and tail moulded in relief; legs shaped by shaving excess clay; traces of painted white stripes down body; thin, mottled brown slip, very worn but originally lightly burnished; fabric medium brown with grey core; both horns, ears and half of one leg missing.


Dimensions: Height: 12.90 centimetres; Length: 18.40 centimetres; Width: 6.40 centimetres


Object Type: rhyton


Ware: Base Ring Ware


Series: Base Ring II


Techniques: handmade; slipped; painted; applied; shaved; burnished

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1450 - 1100 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.1146