Bichrome Trefoil Spout Jug

Bichrome Trefoil Spout Jug

Description:

Large pottery jug in Bichrome ware; wheel-made; globular body on a low ring base; cylindrical neck with a trefoil spout; thick double-ribbed handle from shoulder to rim; buff-cream clay and slip, decorated in matt black and red paint: concentric circles on each side of the body and column of smaler concentric circles beneath handle and spout.


Dimensions: Height: 31.10 centimetres


Object Type: jug


Ware: Bichrome Ware (Bichrome III-IV)


Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Period:

Archaic I

Date:

800 - 600 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Gastria

Accession Number:

1982,0729.153