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Bottle
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.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34523
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 2000 BCE
Acquisition
Gift, 28/11/1952
Given by Misses M. & G. Davies
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
Gallery 07B South
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