VesselsMinoan3rd millennium BCE
Beak-Spouted Jar with Dark-on-Light Painted Decoration
3rd millennium BCE
Description
Flat base. 3 bands of paint around throat and neck. Lip also painted. thick, quick brush work encricling where the round-handle joins body. Heavy burnishing marks evident. Paint is very faded, vessel cracked and restored.
Dimensions
H. 13.8, D. 9.2
Provenance
Gift of the Schimmel Foundation. From Palaikastro, Crete.
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