Ware · Family · in Neolithic and Chalcolithic wares

Neolithic Red-on-White ware

Also called Sotira Red-on-White

Objects

1

Date

c. 4800–4000 BCE

Painted Ceramic Neolithic (Sotira culture) pottery. Chalcolithic Red-on-White is a separate family.

In the Compendium

Red-on-White Ware

Red-on-White is the hand-built painted pottery of Chalcolithic Cyprus, with red geometric patterns on a pale marl or slipped ground.