
Archaic I
Bichrome Red Lekythos
Pottery lekythos or juglet in Bichrome Red ware; wheel-made; slightly baggy body with a carinated lower part, on a low disc base; narrow biconical neck with a ridge; flat mushroom lip; small handle from shoulder to neck ridge; orange clay and red-orange slip, decorated in black and white paint: columns of concentric circles on the body, black bands on the neck and lip, white dots added to the black bands on the neck surface worn, lower part of body repaired. Dimensions: Height: 16 centimetres Object Type: lekythos; juglet Ware: Bichrome Red Ware (Bichrome Red I (IV)) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped
Date
750 - 600 BC
Accession No.
1982,0729.339
Collection
British Museum
Provenance
- Kourion