Bichrome Red Amphora - image 1

Archaic I

Bichrome Red Amphora

Pottery amphora (jar) in Bichrome Red ware; wheel-made; ovoid body on a disc base; wide cylindircal neck with a thick, rounded rim; pair of small vertical loop handles on the shoulder of the vessel. Made of buff clay covered with a lustrou slip, fired red, decorated with black and white paid: bands around the body, and white dots round base of neck. Dimensions: Height: 10.80 centimetres Object Type: amphora Ware: Bichrome Red Ware Series: Bichrome Red I Techniques: slipped; painted; wheel-made

Date

750 - 600 BC

Accession No.

1899,1229.26

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Kouklia