
Archaic I
Bichrome Oinochoe
BICHROME WARE POTTERY JUG with free-field bird CYPRO-ARCHAIC I, CIRCA 750-600 B.C. 8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Shape
- Jug
- Style
- Free-Field Style
- Decoration techniques
- Painted, PaintedPainted in two colours
- Motif
- Bird
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 750 - 600 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Collection
Private, Unknown
Provenance
- with La Reine Margot, Paris.
- with Charles Ede, London, acquired from the above, 1992 (Cypriot Pottery XIII, 1993, no. 28)
- William Suddaby (1939-2021), Florida, acquired from the above, 1993.
- Ancient Vases from the Collection of William Suddaby; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, December 2005, lot 205.
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