Geometric II

White Painted Flask

Pottery flask in White Painted ware; wheel-made; barrel-shape body with a prominent nipples on each end; narrow neck, with a ridge at junction with handle, flaring upwards to a trumpet mouth; square-profiled rim; single vertical loop handle; buff, slightly gritty clay and slip, decorated in matt brown paint: concentric bands on the body, neck and inside rim, bull's eye motif on each end of barrel, latticed lozenge-shaped motifs at base of handle and opposite below neck. Dimensions: Height: 19 centimetres; Width: 14.40 centimetres Object Type: flask; jug Ware: White Painted Ware Series: White Painted II (?) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped