Archaic I

Bird Shaped Painted Jug

Pottery jug or askos in the form of bird; hand-made; depressed elliptical body with a spout tapering inwards towards a trefoil mouth; three feet, two at the front, one larger at the back; wings and tail feathers rendered as simple projections; arching handle from back-ridge to the rim; buff clay with small micaceous inclusions; brown painted decoration of parallel lines intersected by vertical or diagonal elements, pair of eyes on the mouth. Dimensions: Height: 14 centimetres Object Type: jug; askos Ware: White Painted Ware (WP III-IV) Techniques: painted; handmade