Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
$450.00
6th–7th century A.D.
Cream-orange fabric with inclusions of lime and fine black particles.
Thick-walled cylindrical body with angular shoulders. Short neck with a pronounced ridge and funnel-shaped mouth. Flat base. Wide strap handle formed from two parallel straps, their ends smoothed together at the points of attachment to the neck and lower body. Pronounced spiral wheel-ridging covers the upper neck, shoulder, and upper body. The neck is slightly tilted.
Intact. Lime deposits.
Height: 9.2 in. (23.4 cm).