Ritzdekor

Ritzdekor

Description:

Ritzdekor The lid can (pyxis) belongs to a vascular type characteristic for the Red Polished III, which is mainly documented by grave finds from vounos.The oval pyxids, which are probably due to neolithic stone vessels of the Khirokitia culture, consistently have a Ritzdekor;Individual specimens also wear human or animal attachments on the top of the vessel.Bernhard-Walcher u.Collection catalogs of the KHM Vol. 2, Vienna: 1999


H. 9,3 cm, L. 18,5 cm, B. 14,2 cm

Period:

Middle Bronze Age I

Date:

2000 - 1800 BC

Collection:

Vienna Museum

Provenance:

ENFALLSCHETHERE, MAX;1895 purchase

Accession Number:

Antikensammlung, IV 1857