dish;
plate
- Museum number
- 1873,0320.187
- Description
-
Pottery dish or plate in White Painted ware; shallow concave body, carinated at the bottom, with a slightly inturning rim; low ring base; two opposing wish-bone handles (one now missing); buff clay and slip, decorated in purple-brown paint: inside is a central spiral surrounded by a broad band, outside an elaborate geometric decoration of solid and hatched lozenges within a rectangular panel resembling a basket, also hatched triangles, groups of short parallel strokes at intervals on the ring base, and concentric circles, solid handles.
- Production date
- 950BC-750BC
- Dimensions
-
Width: 33 centimetres (max)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1873
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1873,0320.187
