Proto-Corinthian, circa 700-650 B.C.

Terracotta

H: 18.3 cm, D: 21 cm

Serial: 10318

Provenance:  Christie's, New York, 9 December 1999, lot 280

The ovoid vessel with two arching handles, on a flat offset foot, painted in black and red ornament, incliuding a wide band on the shoulder with zones of thin vertical lines alternating with open squares bisected by a diagonal band of chevrons, thin horizontal bands above and below, the lower body with three thick black bands with thin bands in between, the rim with a partial pre-firing collapse on the sides creating a concave oval shape; the lid an inverted bowl with knob finial, also with red and black bands, one band with evenly spaced triple Z-motifs.