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Archaic

Miniature Nipple Base Jar

Miniature pottery jar; wheel-made; elongated cylindrical body with a nipple base; short concave neck with an everted rim; single strap handle made from a strip of clay folded back on itself (possibly but not certainly a distortion in firing). Made of buff-orange clay. Dimensions: Height: 12.50 centimetres Object Type: jar Techniques: wheel-made

Date

750 - 475 BC

Accession No.

1884,1210.276

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Xylotymbou