Bichrome Bird Jar - image 1

Archaic I

Bichrome Bird Jar

Pottery jar in Bichrome ware; wheel-made; globular body, tapering inwards to a ring base; annular neck with a flat disck rim; pair of opposing triple-rim handles; made of buff clay decorated with sedecorated on the shoulder with birds within geometric borders. Dimensions: Height: 19.05 centimetres Object Type: jar Ware: Bichrome Ware (BiCh IV) Techniques: wheel-made; painted

Date

750 - 600 BC

Accession No.

1876,0909.31

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus