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H. 6.7cm, max. diam. 3.6cm. Heavy grey accretion around the handle and, to a lesser extent, under the lip and inside the mouth. Two modern repairs: a chip out of the lip and a crack which extends from the shoulder opposite the handle to the lower body. The paint is slightly worn in places near the base but otherwise the condition is good. Fine, pale greenish-buff clay. Paint varies from red-brown to dark brown, depending on thickness and wear. The wide flat lip is painted brown/black. The edge of the lip is decorated with sub-circular blobs and the handle with horizontal strokes. There are vertical rays around the neck. Below are two fairly wide (c. 5mm) bands with two rows of black dots between -- perhaps a debased chequerboard pattern. Below that is a 1.2cm wide reserved band with three elongated lions (?), proceeding to the right. Between two of them are dot rosettes with eight 'petals'. Beneath the reserved band are two wide bands, with the double dotted pattern between, and then a si |
