Geometric I

"White Painted Dish"

Pottery dish or plate in White Painted ware; shallow convex body on a wide ring base; pair of opposing wish-bone handles; orange clay with a cream slip, decorated in brown paint: central cruciform motif and concentric circles within, on the underside are complex geometric design in the form of triangles filled with hatching and lozenges and a row of hatched lozenges enfilade enclosed within parallel lines, solid handles; surface worn and slightly encrusted. Dimensions: Diameter: 22.80 centimetres Object Type: dish Ware: White Painted Ware (WP I-II) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped