Geometric II

White Painted Amphora

Large pottery amphora in White Painted ware; wheel-made; ovoid-piriform body on a ring base; wide, slightly concave neck flaring to an everted rim; pair of opposing rectangular-sectioned handles from shoulder to rim; buff clay and (?) slip, decorated with matt brown-black paint (very faded): banded decoration on the body and neck, geometrical motifs (St. Andrew's cross, filled lozenge etc) in panels on the neck; surface very worn and encrusted. Dimensions: Height: 47.50 centimetres Object Type: amphora Ware: White Painted Ware (WP III) Techniques: painted; wheel-made