IRISH ANTIQUITY

Pot : urn : encrusted

Pot : urn : encrusted Rim bevelled inwardly and decorated with incised lines forming a herring-bone pattern. Externally a further three rows of oblique incisions are placed immediately under the rim. Applied decoration commences below the rim with broad pendant loops containing hollow discs. The angles created by these loops also contain hollow discs. This pattern extends for approximately 8cm and is terminated by a series of low cordons. The number of cordons varies throughout the circumference of the pot. Except for the upper one they are not applied but produced by wide deep grooving. All the encrusted motifs carry secondary decoration in the form of sharp indentations. The cordons are covered with a very delicate arrangement of light herring-bone incisions. The lower region of the vessel is ornamented with wide shallow grooves in criss-cross formation. The ware is gritty but compact, varying in colour from buff to pink with some dark grey patches.

ceramic

County Down
County Down

1937
1937

BELUM.A118.1953

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