Jug
MS4473
From: Greece | Crete | Pseira
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS4473 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Minoan |
Provenience | Greece | Crete | Pseira |
Period | Late Minoan IA |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Description | Shape: Jug with high spout and one (coil?) handle. Strip of clay along rim, on exterior of vessel. Fabric: Fine, red (10R 5/6) clay with a darker core with pink (7.5YR 7/4) slip and decoration in light red (2.5YR 6/6) to reddish black (10R 2.5/1) paint. Decoration: Slip only on exterior. Inside of mouth painted. Spout and neck painted; bands on body. Bands on neck and body; frieze of triple crescents on shoulder frieze of ripple pattern on body. Resting surface unpainted. Condition: Restored from fragments. Some sherds missing. Handle missing. |
Height | 12.3 cm |
Outside Diameter | 9.3 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1908 |
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