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Pear shaped pouring vessel with flat narrow shoulders and short vertical lip which probably indicates a lid once existed. A flat unglazed base. Slightly grey-white somewhat coarse body, covered to the base with an unctuous, crackled, translucent pale grey-green-blue glaze. Small handle and spout opposite one another. Sharply moulded phoenix motifs placed one on either side.
Bottle that is octagonal in cross section with a large base, a narrow neck, and a flaring mouth. Fine hard grey-white porcelaneous body; outwardly flaring foot that is unglazed; traces of pale yellow glaze on base. Pattern in underglaze blue: deep band of upright lotus panels; two lions, one each on opposing sides of the vessel, playing with brocaded balls trailing ribbons, and surrounded with cloud forms; all freely executed in blue washes outlined in dark blue; surmounted by another band of lotus panels, pendant; a narrow band of crosses enclosed within circles; and a high band of upright banana leaves above.
A small ceramic jar with a flattened sphere and a flat base. There are vertical striations from base to flat shoulder which is marked by slight ridge. The unglazed small mouth is set directly into the shoulder. The light yellow-white fine grained body is covered with grey-white translucent crackled glaze, pooling to an opaque white in the striations and to a light grey-green white near the base.
Jar made of grey clay consisting of a small globular body with base, wide neck and flaring rim. Originally two ring handles emerged from body at upward angle but one now missing. Decoration poorly executed in dark brown becoming red-brown on light brown colour of body. Painting consists of two horizontal bands on inside of rim and two on outside surface of neck. Below this is another line then a zigzag band, followed by a line and a horizontal band of chevrons. Below the chevrons is a line then three dark bands to the foot of the jar. Upper surface of surviving handle shows signs of decoration underside of base left reserved.
Clay bottle consisting of a globular body with narrow neck, flat flared rim. Connected with shoulder by flat handle. Light brown chalky surface with evidence of black painting on most of the surface; shoulder and sides of rim retain traces of decoration consisting of black dots. Top of rim decorated with radiating lines. Body decorated in quatrefoil pattern consisting of a vertical oval with line through it in black on either side project arrow-head shaped designs filled in with crosshatching. Radiating from central oval are two simplified blossoms in brown. Below handle is a design consisting of a circle with a cross through it.
Torso fragment of female terra cotta votive figurine draped in a long dress. Her left arm is held against her side, while her right emerges from her drapery and is positioned at her breast. Some of the white slip remains in recessed areas.
Chimney-type lekythos. Jug has a tall cylindrical body, widening slightly at the top with a long thin neck flaring at the end, and a narrow foot and disc-like base in two degrees. Strap handle rises vertically from shoulder half way up neck then curves back and attaches to neck. Clay colour is red with added decoration in white and black. Interior of neck in black leaving rim reserved, exterior of neck black only down to where handle attached. Outer surface of handle in black. Shoulder decorated with radiating tongues. Frieze band on upper body given a white background and upper border consisting of a double band of offset dots between two lines. Figures on body depict combat between a female and male with fruit laden trees in background. Figures are in black against a white background. Female figure shown advancing from left to right, dressed in a long draped garment and attic helmet with a tall crest support. The crest of the helmet extends beyond the figured frieze into the dot frieze. The male is naked except for a Corinthian helmet with crest holder which he wears pulled back on his head; he is armed with a long spear and shield.
Round covered box with straight sides. The lid has a slightly convex top. The lid is just slightly larger in outside diameter than the body. There is no ridge on the lid or body onto which the lid can sit. It has a low foot. The body is covered with a grey-blue glaze except for the foot, base, top rim of body and rim of lid. These unglazed areas are fired a buff colour and where the glaze ends is a clear line of orange. There are dark spots on the lid where grit has stuck. Inked letter and number on the underside.
Round eleven-lobed shallow dish with thick whitish-grey glaze dripping on rim. The cavetto is decorated with a series of vertical grooves. The grooves are in varying degrees of shallowness with parts of the cavetto almost smooth. These grooves are more prominent on the underside of the dish. The foot ring is unglazed. Three inked marks in black, white and red on the underside.
Green lead glazed ewer with slightly flared foot and a round body that goes into a neck that flares into another shoulder. A spout is attached to shoulder and handle is attached to shoulder and secondary shoulder in neck.