
Geometric
Bichrome Wish-Bone Plate
Pottery dish or plate in Bichrome ware; shallow body with a concave body and slightly inturning rim; ring base; two opposing wish-bone handles; orange clay and cream slip, decorated in black and orange-red paint: black concentric bands on the interior and exterior, the latter framing hatched triangles and other geometric motifs and a large bull's-eye motif surrounded by a wide red disc, solid paint on handles; surface worn in places. Dimensions: Diameter: 23.40 centimetres Object Type: bowl Ware: Bichrome Ware (BiCh I-II) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Shape
- Dish and plate
- Decoration
- PaintedPainted in two colours
- Material
- Clay
- Period
- probablyIron AgeCypro-Geometric
- Date
- 1050 - 750 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
- Findspot
- Gastria
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