Pink Pottery Bottle - image 1

Archaic II

Pink Pottery Bottle

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

Date

630 - 550 BC

Accession No.

1888,0601.730

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Naukratis