Bichrome Wish-Bone Plate

Bichrome Wish-Bone Plate

Description:

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

Period:

Geometric

Date:

1050 - 750 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Gastria

Accession Number:

1982,0729.146