A NEOLITHIC CERAMIC AMPHORA

A large neolithic ceramic storage container with two handles on the largest bulge. A low, slightly gaping neck, with two flanged protrusions on the rim, decorated with black-painted mesh patterns, perches sharply on the painted shoulder. The inside of the neck is decorated with geometric forms, one in the shape of a cross. Two small vertical strap handles on the largest bulge. Bichrome painted decoration on the shoulders consists of wider bands of unequal width made in black and red and joined by a saw pattern. These are assembled in rather intricate crocodile and diamond-shaped patterns partitioned by vertical bands. On the largest bulge, ornaments of suspended half-arches line the ornamental belt. Provenience: Lubor Hájek collection.