Red Polished Bull Bowl
Description: | Pottery deep bowl in Red Polished I; hand-made; deep hemispherical body with flat base and inturned rim; bull's heads and spoon-shaped attachments on the rim; slipped and polished evenly; red surface shading to brown-black at the top, white, filled incised decoration; badly damaged with some restoration on animals' heads. Dimensions: Diameter: 25.20 centimetres max ; Height: 23.80 centimetres Object Type: bowl Ware: Red Polished Ware Series: Red Polished I-II (north coast) Techniques: slipped; polished; handmade; incised |
Period: | Early Bronze Age II |
Date: | 2300 - 2100 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Vounous |
Accession Number: | 1939,0217.13 |