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Bichrome Trefoil Spout Jug, Archaic I Cypriot
Bichrome Trefoil Spout Jug, Archaic I Cypriot, c. 800–600 BC. British Museum, 1982,0729.153.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic I

Bichrome Trefoil Spout Jug

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

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Bichrome ware (Iron Age)
Shape
JugTrefoil-mouthed jug
Decoration
PaintedPainted in two colours
Motif
Concentric circles
Material
Clay
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Gastria
Date
800 - 600 BC

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Gastria

Identifiers

Accession no.
1982,0729.153, British Museum · Museum record

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