Pink Pottery Bottle

Pink Pottery Bottle

Description:

Lower part of a pottery bottle of compact pink fabric with remains of a pale cream surface coating on the exterior. The fabric contains sand and small particles of grit. The vessel has an elongated ovoid body and a disc foot. The upper part is broken off, with the loss of the neck.


Dimensions: Diameter: 4 centimetres base ; Diameter: 6.90 centimetres max ; Height: 9.10 centimetres


Object Type: bottle

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

630 - 550 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Naukratis

Accession Number:

1888,0601.730