Greek
An Attic pottery tankard, Late Geometric IIB, circa 8th century BC
Pottery
Height: 10.4 cm
The vessel has a flat base, short biconical body and tall flaring neck with a high arching handle. The decoration is composed of geometric motifs in umber paint, including a...
The vessel has a flat base, short biconical body and tall flaring neck with a high arching handle. The decoration is composed of geometric motifs in umber paint, including a frieze below the rim with short double rows of zigzags interspersed with vertical strokes. There is a band around the middle of the neck with vertical zigzag motifs with triple horizontal bands above and below. At the shoulder there is a further band of overlapping zigzag with a band of dots and further horizontal bands.
Provenance
American private collection, East Coast until 2018With Cahn International AG, Basel, Switzerland
Adler Collection, Basel