Geometric I

White Painted Stem Cup

Pottery stemmed cup in White Painted ware; wheel-made; the cup has a carinated bottom and straight, slightly concave sides; single loop handle from the body to the rim; short stem with a splaying, ribbed foot, hollow underneath; buff clay and slip, decorated in matt black-brown paint: bands on the body and rim, inside and out, solid handle, from which hangs a large hook motif; surface is cracked in places and heavily encrusted with a crystalline deposit. Dimensions: Height: 13.30 centimetres Object Type: cup Ware: White Painted Ware (WP I-II) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped