V-pattern info:

This motif is perhaps a simplification of a Minoan iris motif, in particular Furumark's Motif 10A:9. This particular example corresponds closely to Furumark's Motif 59. The V-pattern is frequently found on stirrup jars in the central or handle zone (1).

Author: Jeffrey Gingras

(1) Arne Furumark, The Mycenaean Pottery: Analysis and Classification . (Stockholm: Victor Pettersons Bokindustriaktiebolag 1941): 262, 385.