Geometric I

White Painted Ware Plate

Pottery dish or plate in White Painted ware; shallow, convex body with a inverted rim; low ring base; pair of opposing wish-bone handles; orange clay and cream slip, decorated in matt brown-purple paint: spiral motif in centre of interior surrounded by a broad band, concentric bands around the edge of the exterior, with hatched triangles surrounded a central spiral motif; four groups of short parallel strokes on the ring base; handles solid; surface worn in places. Dimensions: Diameter: 30.50 centimetres Object Type: dish; plate Ware: White Painted Ware (WP I) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped