Base Ring Bull Rhyton

Base Ring Bull Rhyton

Description:

Hand-made terracotta bull rhyton in Base-Ring II pottery; strap handle on its back; applied ears, pellet eyes and tails; long body and prominent dew-lap; orange clay with brown slip and creamy white painted striped decoration; clay shaved with a tool; both horns and one ear missing; nose chipped.


Dimensions: Height: 11 centimetres at head ; Length: 16.70 centimetres


Object Type: askos


Ware: Base Ring Ware


Series: Base Ring II


Techniques: handmade; painted; slipped; applied; shaved

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1400 - 1200 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Maroni

Accession Number:

1898,1201.175