Vase chasséen à décor soléïforme

Early Chassaean Printed and incised terra cotta This small round-bottomed vase is exceptional, as it presents a particularly rare decoration in the Chassaean context of the Rhone Valley, where only 5% of the ceramics are decorated. The decoration is engraved after firing, with the exception of printed circles, which frame the handles. It is divided into several friezes. From top to bottom, a series of bundles of six lines decorate the neck, then two horizontal lines frame short vertical incisions and finally chevrons are arranged, pointing downwards. The body is decorated with suns, inscribed in circles on either side of the grips. Comparisons are to be sought in the engraved decorations of southern and northern Italy, or even in a completely different atmosphere, in the Parisian Basin. It was discovered intact in a pit associated with a polished axe and some flints.