Patera of the two-knob type, with a rosette painted knob on the rim, either side of both the ridged strap handles set on a broad flared foot, the details in added white, ochre and red.

The interior depicting a warrior with his horse standing within a naiskos, flanked by shrubs, the nude youth wearing only a chlamys and holding a spear, enclosed by a band of wave pattern, with an outer band of meandering vine, the rim with a further band of wave pattern.  

The form of this vessel, with its distinctive mushroom-shaped knobs attached to the rim, imitates bronze vessels that had been made since the 6^th century BC. Paterae (bowls) are depicted in ancient art in a wide variety of contexts, from watering horses to cultic activities, including ritual handwashing.