Base Ring Bull Rhyton - image 1

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

Date

1450 - 1100 BC

Accession No.

1897,0401.958

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi