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Bichrome Redware Juglet, Archaic I Cypriot, Bichrome Red IV
Bichrome Redware Juglet, Archaic I Cypriot, Bichrome Red IV, c. 750–600 BC. British Museum, 1876,0909.37.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic I

Bichrome Redware Juglet

Pottery Bichrome Redware juglet; long baggy body with a discoid, slightly concave base; narrow neck and trefoil mouth; handle from shoulder to rim; buff-pink clay with red to orange matt slip decorated in black and white paint: black bands around the body with a groups of three concentric circles just below the neck; ladder pattern on the handle (mostly worn away); white dots on a black band around the neck. Dimensions: Height: 9.50 centimetres Object Type: juglet Ware: Bichrome Red Ware (Bichrome Red IV) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Bichrome Red wareBichrome Red IV (VII)
Shape
JugJuglet
Decoration
PaintedPainted in two colours
Motifs
Concentric circles, Bands and lines
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date
750 - 600 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus

Identifiers

Accession no.
1876,0909.37, British Museum · Museum record

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