Bichrome Wish-Bone Plate - image 1

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Bichrome Wish-Bone Plate

Pottery plate in Bichrome Ware; wheel-made; shallow body with convex sides on a low ring base; pair of opposing wish-bone handles; made of buff clay, fired cream-white with red and black geometric decoration. Dimensions: Diameter: 27.94 centimetres Object Type: plate Ware: Bichrome Ware Techniques: wheel-made; painted

Date

900 - 750 BC

Accession No.

1873,0320.207

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Sanctuary of Apollo (Idalion) (?)
  • Idalion