Geometric II

White Painted Bird Askos

Pottery askos or flask in White Painted ware; hand-made elliptical body in the form of a bird, pinched together at the prominent central ridge running along the back of the vessel; the clay surface has been smoothed with a tool; narrow spout, with a swelling at the juncture with the body, flaring to a trumpet mouth at one end; arching basket handle in the middle of the back; buff clay and slip, decorated in matt brown-black paint: lattice patterns along the flanks with a ladder motif on the back-ridge and handle, bands on the underside and the spout and rim; a hole has been punched or drilled into the body of the vessel close to the spout. Dimensions: Length: 16.20 centimetres Object Type: askos Ware: White Painted Ware (WP III) Techniques: painted; handmade; slipped