Bichrome Barrel Juglet - image 1

Archaic I

Bichrome Barrel Juglet

Small pottery barrel-shaped or juglet in Bichrome III ware; wheel-made; barrel-shaped body with pointed bosses (or 'nipples') on each of the flattened ends; narrow neck flaring upwards to a trumpt mouth; thin handle arching from shoulder to neck; buff clay and reddish-buff slip, decorated in black and purple paint: concentric bands around the body and neck, the bosses are painted in with a bull's-eye motif. Dimensions: Height: 10.60 centimetres Object Type: lekythos; juglet Ware: Bichrome Ware Series: Bichrome III Techniques: slipped; painted; wheel-made

Date

800 - 600 BC

Accession No.

1894,1101.394

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Amathus