Plain White Lotus Bowl

Plain White Lotus Bowl

Description:

Pottery bowl in Plain White ware; wheel-made with applied hand-made details; shallow body on a slightly rounded base; flat everted disc rim; two handles in form of lotus-flowers (one damaged) projecting above the rim: the horizonal strips of clay beneath each flower copy the attachments found on metal versions of this design; made of fine buff clay.


Dimensions: Diameter: 14.50 - 19 centimetres; Height: 8.50 centimetres bowl ; Height: 8.60 centimetres handles ; Weight: 351 grammes


Object Type: bowl


Ware: Plain White Ware


Techniques: wheel-made; handmade; applied

Period:

Archaic I

Date:

750 - 600 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Cyprus

Accession Number:

1876,0909.23