White Bichrome Dish

Pottery dish or plate in White Painted/Bichrome ware; shallow, slightly carinated body, shaped distorted from firing; very broad disc base; pair of opposing wish-bone handles; orange-red clay and cream slip, decorated in brown-purple and red-purple paint: spiral and concentric decoration inside, outside, concentric circles around the ring base, enclosing hatched triangles and rectangular panels arranged around a radial, eight-spoke motif in the centre; the latter motif is ringed by a broad, red-purple band in a different colour to the rest of the painted decoration. Dimensions: Diameter: 25 centimetres Object Type: dish; plate Ware: White Painted Ware (WP II); Bichrome Ware (BiCh II) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped