Hellenistic

Red Slip Vase Jug

Pottery red slip jug with vase protome spout; wheel-made; ovoid body carinated towards the shoulder; high splaying foot (hollow) with horizontal ridges; tall, wide cylindrical neck with flat, everted annular rim; vertical, double ribbed handle from shoulder to rim; small projections at each side of handle, one of which has an applied skeuomorphic clay rivet: slight depression on other side presumably represents missing comrade; irregular incised parallel lines on neck; protome vase spout on the shoulder: a simple trefoil spout and vertical strap handle; buff-orange clay with many small inclusions, originally covered with a red slip or paint, now almost completely disappeared; traces of white paint on body; black wreath noted in original catalogue now not apparent; foot slightly chipped. Dimensions: Height: 25.50 centimetres Object Type: jug Techniques: painted; slipped; wheel-made