
Geometric II
White Painted Ovoid Jug
Pottery jug in White Painted ware; ovoid body on a flat base; wide concave neck with a central ridge and trefoil mouth; vertical flat handle from shoulder to rim; buff clay and slip decorated in black paint: bands on the junction of body and neck and on the neck-ridge, chevrons and dotted crosses on body below spout, bars on handle, pair of eyes on the mouth. Dimensions: Height: 9.70 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: White Painted Ware (WP III) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped
Date
900 - 750 BC
Accession No.
1982,0729.184
Collection
British Museum
Provenance
- Gastria