Basket bowl
MediumClay
DimensionsHEIGHT: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)
DIAMETER: 6 11/16 in. (17 cm) (rim)
DIAMETER: 6 11/16 in. (17 cm) (rim)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.607
In the Iron Age the potter’s wheel was in common use. Potters shaped baskets on the wheel in the same way as other bowls. Pieces were cut out of the body before the vessel was painted. Paint was applied before vessels were fired in the kiln.
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