Red Polished Juglet - image 1

Early Bronze Age III

Red Polished Juglet

Pottery juglet in Red Polished III; piriform body with round base and medium length, narrow neck ending in a funnel mouth; handle (rising slightly) from rim to shoulder; made of pale buff clay, slipped in orange-brown and burnished to a high lustre; decorated with white-filled incisions, consisting of two rows of hatched lozenges between groups of encircling lines; some wear in places. Dimensions: Height: 14 centimetres Object Type: juglet Ware: Red Polished Ware Series: Red Polished III (Stewart type I B3 c1 variety a) Techniques: incised; polished; slipped

Date

2100 - 1750 BC

Accession No.

1888,0927.25

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Ayia Paraskevi