Bichrome Amphora
Description: | Pottery amphora in Bichrome ware; wheel-made; piriform-ovoid body on a ring base; wide shoulder with a rounded rim; pair of opposing handles arching from shoulder to rim; buff clay and cream-white slip, decorated in black and red-purple paint: broad and narrow bands around the body, groups of concentric circles on the shoulder and neck. Dimensions: Height: 39 centimetres Object Type: amphora Ware: Bichrome Ware (BiCh III-IV) Techniques: painted; wheel-made |
Period: | Archaic I |
Date: | 750 - 600 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Kourion |
Accession Number: | 1982,0729.445 |