Geometric I

White Painted Amphora

Pottery footed amphora in White Painted ware; wheel-made; ovoid body on a high flaring foot (hollow); wide concave neck with a flat everted rim; pair of opposing sinuous handles from shoulder to rim; buff clay and slip, decorated with black paint: bands on the foot, body and neck, three wavy lines on the neck between the handles, ladder pattern on the handles. Dimensions: Height: 24.10 centimetres Object Type: amphora Ware: White Painted Ware (WP I) Techniques: painted; slipped; wheel-made