White Slip bowl
Artist
Unknown
Date1450-1200 BCE
Periodmid-Late Bronze Age
MediumCeramic (handmade) with white slip and red to reddish-black paint
DimensionsOverall
Height (resting naturally): ( 4 15/16 in.) 12.5 cm
Width (from handle to rim exterior): (9 1/4 in.) 23.5 cm
Rim
Diameter (exterior): (7 3/8 in.)18.75 cm
Diameter (interior): (7.0 in.) 17.8 cm
Wall
Thickness: (3/16 in.) 0.45 cm
Handle
Width: ( 2 3/4 in.) 7 cm
Thickness (at body): (11/16 in.) 1.71 cm
Thickness (away from body): (7/16 in.) 1.06 cm
Height (resting naturally): ( 4 15/16 in.) 12.5 cm
Width (from handle to rim exterior): (9 1/4 in.) 23.5 cm
Rim
Diameter (exterior): (7 3/8 in.)18.75 cm
Diameter (interior): (7.0 in.) 17.8 cm
Wall
Thickness: (3/16 in.) 0.45 cm
Handle
Width: ( 2 3/4 in.) 7 cm
Thickness (at body): (11/16 in.) 1.71 cm
Thickness (away from body): (7/16 in.) 1.06 cm
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.126
The thick and heavy white slip technique was developed on Cyprus in the Late Bronze Age. These handmade vessels, especially the bowls, were exported all over the eastern Mediterranean.
On View
Not on viewColor
Slip: 5Y 8/1 (white)
Paint: 10R 4/4 paint (weak red) to 10R 2.5/1 (reddish black)
Inclusions
none visible through slip
