Terracotta Warship Model

Terracotta Warship Model

Description:

Small terracotta model of a warship; hand-made; irregularly shaped hull and gunwale; projecting stern; coarse buff clay with traces of bands of red-purple paint on both sides of the hull.


Dimensions: Length: 8 centimetres max


Object Type: model; boat


Techniques: painted; handmade

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 500 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Amathus

Accession Number:

1894,1101.187