Bichrome Painted Amphoriskos

Bichrome Painted Amphoriskos

Description:

Pottery amphoriskos or jar; wheel-made; ovoid body on a ring base; wide neck tapering upwards towards an everted rim with square profile; large opposing loop handles; cream clay and slip, decorated with black and purple paint: broad and narrow bands around the body and inside below the rim; a frieze of black concentric circles alternating with purple double-ended arrows or plant motifs between the handles; row of reserved white dots around the neck; solid handles with strokes descending from the bases; pair of vertical strokes beneath each handle .


Dimensions: Height: 21.10 centimetres


Object Type: jar; amphoriskos


Ware: Bichrome Ware (Bichrome IV-V)


Techniques: painted; slipped; wheel-made

Period:

Archaic I

Date:

750 - 500 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Cyprus

Accession Number:

1982,0726.74