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 |