Bichrome Red Jug
Description: | Pottery jug in Bichrome-Red ware; wheel-made; globular body on a ring base; short tubular (slight concave) neck neck with a trefoil mouth; double-ribbed handle from shoulder to rim. Made of fine buff clay - fired to a red colour - over which is black painted decoration: pattern of intersecting bands and concentrics; base split and surface discoloured by fire. Dimensions: Height: 26.50 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Bichrome Red Ware Techniques: painted |
Period: | Archaic |
Date: | 750 - 475 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Marion-Arsinoe |
Accession Number: | 1890,0731.42 |