Red Polished Piriform Jug - image 1

Early Bronze Age II

Red Polished Piriform Jug

Pottery jug in Red Polished I ware; hand-made; piriform body on narrow flat base; concave neck with everted circular rim with a handle from upper neck to shoulder; buff clay, slipped and polished to a red surface, shading to buff at the top; chipped rim. Dimensions: Diameter: 33.60 centimetres max. ; Height: 49 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Red Polished Ware (RP I) Series: Red Polished I-II (north coast) (Stewart type I B1ba2) Techniques: handmade; slipped; polished

Date

2300 - 2100 BC

Accession No.

1939,0217.41

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Vounous