Vessel, Dipper, Red on Black Ware
Production date
1860 BCE-1590 BCE
Country
Cyprus
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Object detail
Description
Red on Black Ware pottery shallow bowl, or 'dipper'. Hemispherical with rounded base and plain incurving rim. Horizontal loop handle, oval in section, on stem below rim, arching above rim. Pale buff clay with lime inclusions. Polished dark brown slip both inside and out, worn on handle. Decorated in matt red paint. On interior and exterior four bands of three parallel wavy lines pendent from rim, produced by a mulitple brush and forming a cross, meeting but not joining on base. In several instances these are carelessly applied and run together to form a solid band of paint. Rim slightly chipped. (Webb, 1997 Jennifer M., "Corpus of Cypriote Antiquities", Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, Vol. XX: p.3)
Classification
ARCHAEOLOGY Cypriot wine dipper
Production date
1860 BCE-1590 BCE
Production place
Measurements
L38mm x W114mm x D79mm
Media/Materials description
Pottery
Polished dark brown slip
Polished dark brown slip
Signature/Marks
decoration
History and use
Dual coloured vessels such as this may have been made by firing the vessels upside down in sand, allowing the exterior to oxidize to a red colour after firing and the interior to fire black.
Associated person
Registration number
H17465
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