Bottle
possibly 3000 BC to 1400 BC (made)
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| Place of origin |
Dome-shaped body, straight expanding mouth. Baked and buff-coloured earthenware.The surface of the inside and the upper-outside is of polished black and of the lower-outside of polished terracotta coloured haematite.
Broken, rivetted and re-coloured. Weathered.
Broken, rivetted and re-coloured. Weathered.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | pottery earthenware |
| Brief description | bowl; Pottery, earthenware, Bellary, India, possibly Neolithic |
| Physical description | Dome-shaped body, straight expanding mouth. Baked and buff-coloured earthenware.The surface of the inside and the upper-outside is of polished black and of the lower-outside of polished terracotta coloured haematite. Broken, rivetted and re-coloured. Weathered. |
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| Credit line | Purchased from Robert Sewell, Esq. (late ICS) |
| Object history | Bears label presumably written by Robert Sewell before 1914 stating that the object comes from "a rude stone circle at Juntakal, Bellary District, Madras Presidency". Purchased from Robert Sewell, Esq. (late ICS), 4 Bristol Gardens, Roehampton, Surrey. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Museum records (Asia Department registers and/or Central Inventory) as part of a 2023 provenance research project. R.P. 1913- 1326M |
| Production | Prehistoric, Neolithic period (?). Stated to come from a stone circle at Guntakal, Bellary District, Karnataka, southern India. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.306-1914 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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