Bowl (white painted III ware)
1900 BCE-1575 BCE
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
8.2 × 10.8 × 14.3 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Colonel Aubrey H. L. Gibson (Rtd), 1968
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Physical description
Hemispherical bowl with horizontal loop handle. White painted ware with geometric hatched line designs painted onto the exterior body and handle in dark brown. The painted design on the interior of the bowl includes both geometric line design and two circles of wavy lines running around the upper and lower interior body. Handbuilt. The slip varies in colour from cream to orange.
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