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Bottle

Unknown (Maker)

Small tear shaped bottle of red earthenware, the body of tear-drop or ovoid shape, rising from a narrow rounded point at base, flaring to become bulbous at the waist, then tapering toward shoulder, short neck, rising cylindrically, flaring at lip rim to form a narrow mouth; simple loop handle, the upper terminal extending from the lip rim, the lower terminal attached at the shoulder; the body with remnants of a dark red ochre slip with exposed patches of unglazed orange-red earthenware.

Bottle
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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 34523

Creation/Production

Unknown
Role: Production
Role: Maker
Place: Canaan
Period: 2000 BCE

Acquisition

Gift, 28/11/1952

Measurements

Height (cm): 7.8
diam (cm): 6.2
Height (in): 3
diam (in): 2

Techniques

Wheel-thrown
Forming
Applied Art
Slip-coated
Decoration
Applied Art

Material

Earthenware
Slip

Location

On Display

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Hynafiaethau | Antiquities Celf Gymhwysol | Applied Art
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