Red Lustrous Pilgrim Flask - image 1

Late Bronze Age II

Red Lustrous Pilgrim Flask

Pottery pilgrim flask in Red Lustrous Wheel made ware; wheel-made; lentoid body; long neck with a flaring rim; single handle from shoulder to neck; incised Cypro-Minoan characters on handle; made of fine buff clay cocered with a polished red slip; surface worn with numerous accretions, worn in places. Dimensions: Height: 26.50 centimetres Object Type: flask Ware: Red Lustrous Wheel-made Ware Techniques: wheel-made; slipped; polished; incised Inscription: Inscription type: inscription Inscription language: Cypro-Minoan

Date

1450 - 1200 BC

Accession No.

1899,1229.102

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Klavdia