White Painted Amphora

White Painted Amphora

Description:

Pottery amphora in White Painted II-III ware; ovoid-biconical body on a splaying foot; wide, slightly concave neck; everted rim; pair of opposing vertical handles; buff-cream clay and slip, decorated in black paint: solid foot and handles, a single band on the base of the neck, short parallel strokes on the rim.


Dimensions: Height: 14 centimetres


Object Type: amphora


Ware: White Painted Ware (WP II-III)


Techniques: wheel-made; slipped; painted

Period:

Geometric II

Date:

950 - 750 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Kourion

Accession Number:

1982,0729.393