AN UNGLAZED POTTERY JUG WITH INCISED DECORATION
Possibly Syria, 12th - 13th century

Of globular shape, resting on a narrow circular foot, rising to broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and a slightly tapering cylindrical neck, with an applied curved handle on the side, the waist incised with a frieze of dense fish-scale motifs with minute puncture marks, the neck decorated with concentric lines and three horizontal bands of honeycomb design, 22cm high.