Phoenician Bichrome Flask - image 1

Archaic I

Phoenician Bichrome Flask

Pottery Bichrome ware/ Phoenician flask; baggy oval body on a ring base;wheel-made; tall, slightly biconical neck with a groove midway up where the neck meets the handle; single loop handle from shoulder to mid neck; prominent everted funnel rim. Made of pale cream clay, decorated with brown and purple bands (around the body, on the upper neck and inside the rim. Dimensions: Height: 26.50 centimetres Object Type: flask Ware: White Painted Ware Techniques: painted

Date

750 - 600 BC

Accession No.

1881,0824.46

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Kition