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Bichrome Bull's-Eye Juglet, Archaic I Cypriot, Bichrome IV
Bichrome Bull's-Eye Juglet, Archaic I Cypriot, Bichrome IV, c. 750–600 BC. British Museum, 1880,0710.84.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic I

Bichrome Bull's-Eye Juglet

Pottery aryballos or juglet in Bichrome ware; spherical body on a flat base; narrow biconcave neck with neck-ridge flaring to a mushroom lip; small arching handle from shoulder to neck-ridge; reddish-buff clay and slip, decorated with red and black paint: concentric circles on the sides with a central bull's-eye motif; rings on the neck, red paint on inside and outside of mouth; complex arrow-head motif on body. Dimensions: Height: 10.80 centimetres Object Type: aryballos; juglet Ware: Bichrome Ware (Bichrome IV) Techniques: painted; slipped; wheel-made

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Bichrome ware (Iron Age)Bichrome IV
Shape
JugJuglet
Decoration
PaintedPainted in two colours
Motif
Concentric circles
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date
750 - 600 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
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Amathus

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Amathus

Identifiers

Accession no.
1880,0710.84, British Museum · Museum record

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