Archaic II

White Painted Amphora

Pottery amphora with straight neck in a variant of White Painted/ Bichrome ware; wheelmade; globular-ovoid body on a rounded ring base; short conical neck with a thick swelling rim; pair of opposing loop handles; fairly coarse cream-buff clay covered with a similar slip, over which has been added a dark brown slip on body, with added white details: lattice pattern framed by horizontal bands between the handles, with a row of small dots at the junction of neck and body, narrow bands on the neck and rim; surface very worn and encrusted; body dented in places, probably during firing. Dimensions: Height: 28.50 centimetres Object Type: amphora Ware: White Painted Ware (WP V (variant)) Techniques: painted; slipped; wheel-made