Red Polished Spouted Bowl - image 1

Early Bronze Age II

Red Polished Spouted Bowl

Red Polished ware spouted bow/basinl; hand-made; hemispherical body on a rounded base; large tubular spout on the rim; opposite is a verical lug handle, pierced with a single hole. Made of buff-orange clay with a burnished self-slip fired to a semi-lustrous red. Vessel is ressambled from sherds and largely complete apart from a portion of the lower part of the vessel near the spout; surface chipped and worn throughout. Dimensions: Diameter: 31 centimetres; Height: 12 centimetres Object Type: bowl; basin Ware: Red Polished Ware Series: Red Polished III; Stewart Type (XII A h-i) Techniques: handmade; burnished

Date

2200 - 1800 BC

Accession No.

1884,1210.183

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Alambra (?)
  • Phoenikiais (?)