Geometric

White Painted Dish

Pottery plate or dish in White Painted ware; wheel-made; shallow body with convex sides and a slightly inturning rim; wide base ring; pair of opposing horizontal loop handles; buff clay and cream slip, decorated in brown-purple paint: on exterior, central Maltese cross surrounded by concentric bands, solid handles with paint continuing beyond the junction with the body like a festoon. Object Type: dish Ware: White Painted Ware Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped