
Bichrome Kalathos Bowl
Description: | Pottery basket-shaped bowl or kalathos in Bichrome ware; wheel-made; cylindrical body with a pronounced flare and everted rim; flat base; pair of small horizontal loop handles; orange-brown fabric with a buff-cream slip; decorated in black and purple brown paint: broad bands on the inside, bands of various width and hatched triangles (in black and purple) on the outside. Dimensions: Diameter: 26 centimetres Object Type: bowl Ware: Bichrome Ware (BiCh I) Techniques: painted; pierced; wheel-made; slipped |
Period: | Geometric I |
Date: | 1050 - 900 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Kourion |
Accession Number: | 1982,0729.396 |