Neck of Jug with Pricked Barbotine and Kamares Decoration
Description
Neck and throat of jug with Pricked and dragged Barbotine ware and Polychrome Kamares. The exterior is slipped matt black-brown. There are 3 ribs at the throat, and 3 diagonal rows of tiny, pricked-and-dragged barbotine decoration, leaning to the left. From the throat upwards to the right is a diagonal band of orange-red paint. A series of 8 small white dots run around the throat between the bottom two ribs. The peaks of the pricks also have some white paint. The slip terminates on the interior and is more grey. There are 3 additional rows vertically placed pricked-and-dragged barbotine decoration on the interior. Red-brown fabric, egg-shell thin.
Dimensions
H. 4 W. 4.2 Th. 0.2
Provenance
Transferred from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Loaned by Dr. G. H. Chase. From the site of Phaistos, Crete.
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