Base Ring Bull Rhyton, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, Base Ring II
Base Ring Bull Rhyton, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, Base Ring II, c. 1450–1100 BC. British Museum, 1897,0401.958.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age II

Base Ring Bull Rhyton

Pottery Base Ring II ware bull rhyton; hand-made; lower face forms tubular spout with hole through mouth; applied pellets for eyes, added horns and ears; circular hole for mouth of vessel on the back of bull's head with strap handle from rim to mid back; dewlap and tail moulded in relief; decorated with painted white stripes down body and head; traces of thin, matt mottled red-brown slip; fabric medium brown. Dimensions: Height: 10.40 centimetres; Length: 13 centimetres; Width: 4.90 centimetres Object Type: rhyton Ware: Base Ring Ware Series: Base Ring II Techniques: painted; slipped; handmade; pierced

Accession No.

1897,0401.958

Collection

Provenance

  • Enkomi

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