Bridge Spouted Jug

MS4236

From: Greece | Crete | Vasiliki

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4236
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Vasiliki
Period Early Minoan III
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Fragment from the rim of a large, bridge-spouted jar (hole-mouthed jar). Light brown (7.5YR 6/4) fabric covered on exterior only with red (10YR 5/6) paint, with decoration in added white (10YR 8/2) paint: pendant semi-circles at mouth and rising semi-circles at band below shoulder-zone, with reserved diamonds between them; body-zone consisting of spirals and possibly other designs.

Length 24.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1906

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