Circa 1400-1100 BC An early pottery oinochoe finely formed with a slender neck, flaring rim and strap handle, the body with three red painted linear geometric motifs, added slip and encircling concentric circles. For similar examples of Mycenaean pottery see: The Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art and The British Museum. For further reading: Chadwick, John (1973). Documents in Mycenaean Greek (Second ed.). Cambridge: University Press. Chadwick's second edition includes the first edition by Chadwick and Michael Ventris, which is considered the "Constitution" of Linear B studies. It contains a Foreword by A. J. B. Wace, deceased by the second edition. Dickinson, Oliver Thomas Pilkington Kirwan (1970). The Origin and Development of Early Mycenaean Culture (PhD). Vol. I. Oxford: Pembroke College. Size: L:130mm / W:80mm; 260g Provenance: Property of a London doctor; With Merrin Gallery inv. # “5320H”. NYC collection; Ex. The Bactria Corp., NYC., 1960s-1970s, to Edward H. Merrin Gallery, NYC. 1970s.