Platter (white painted II ware)
Iron Age, Cypro-Geometric 1050 BCE-750 BCE
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
3.7 × 23.7 × 19.9 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Colonel Aubrey H. L. Gibson (Rtd), 1968
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Physical description
Shallow dish of wheel made white painted ware with two horizontal handles extending from the rim. The rim and exterior surface of the handles are painted black. The centre of the interior of the plate is decorated with concentric circles, bordered by thick black circles. The base is flat and painted in black geometric cruciform design and encircled by concentric bands, two wider circles encasing the finer circles.
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