
Middle Bronze Age I
Red Polished Zoomorphic Jug
Pottery zoomorphic (animal-shaped) jug in red Polished ware; hand-made; spherical-ovoid barrel-shaped body on four feet (one damaged); tall tubular spout with a cutaway mouth; vertical handle arching from nody to base of mouth; seven lugs with 'string-holes', including on in the 'tail' position; made of buff-orange clay covered with a red polished slip and decorated with raised bands and incised strokes; surface very worn and chipped in places. Dimensions: Height: 23 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Red Polished Ware (RP III) Techniques: incised; polished; slipped; handmade
Date
2000 - 1800 BC
Accession No.
1937,1118.2
Collection
British Museum
Provenance
- Kalavasos
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