Juglet
c. 3000 BCE
Description
Handmade juglet, round base. Neck has //, vertical red lines, body has 4 rows of checkerboard, with one vertical wavy line across from the flattened handle. Red on buff slip, once burnished. Mottled. Rim is chipped and vessel extremly worn. sparking grits, coarse, thick walls.
Dimensions
H 10.5, D. 9.3
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of David Moore Robinson. Reportedly from Attica.
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