Bridge Spouted Jug

MS4260

From: Greece | Crete | Vasiliki

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4260
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Vasiliki
Period Middle Minoan IB
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Shape: Similar to MS4259. Fabric: Fine, reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay with very dark gray (5YR 3/1) to dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) paint and decoration in added white (10YR 8/2) and added red (2.5YR 4/6) paint. Decoration: Similar to MS4259 but perhaps with an extra vertical white line on the spout. Condition: Part of spout mising and minor chipping from mouth, otherwise intact. Added white paint badly erroded.

Height 10.2 cm
Outside Diameter 9.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1906

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