Bichrome Painted Jug

Bichrome Painted Jug

Description:

Pottery jug in Bichrome ware; globular-biconical body on a ring base; concave neck with ridge and a flaring rolled rim; handle from shoulder to rim; orange-buff clay (numerous small inclusions) decorated in red and black paint: bands on body and vertical zig-zag columns on the shoulder.


Dimensions: Height: 19.70 centimetres


Object Type: jug


Ware: Bichrome Ware


Techniques: painted; wheel-made

Period:

Geometric II

Date:

900 - 600 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Found/Acquired: Cyprus (?)

Accession Number:

1982,0721.8