Bichrome Band Jar

Bichrome Band Jar

Description:

Pottery jar in Bichrome ware; wheel-made. Two handles flanked by knobs; red and black bichrome banded decoration with semi-concentrics and zig-zag groups beneath rim.


Dimensions: Height: 22.10 centimetres


Object Type: jar


Ware: Bichrome Ware (Bichrome IV)


Techniques: painted; wheel-made

Period:

Archaic I

Date:

750 - 600 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Found/Acquired: Cyprus

Accession Number:

1981,0810.9