Red Polished Bull Bowl

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