Bichrome Geometric Bowl

Bichrome Geometric Bowl

Description:

Pottery deep bowl of Bichrome ware; wheel-made; straight rim; slightly concave upper body, carination at maximum diameter tapering to ring base; two horizontal lug handles above maximum diameter; matt buff to cream slip; decorated with geometric oatterns in black and red paint; horizontal bands on shoulder, rim and interior with thick circle at interior base; on body, horizontal red lines frame band of concentric circles; thick black bands on handles and horizontal below maximum diameter; fabric reddish brown; small chip at rim.


Dimensions: Diameter: 16 centimetres; Height: 11.90 centimetres


Object Type: bowl


Ware: Bichrome Ware (Bichrome IV-V)


Techniques: wheel-made; slipped; painted

Period:

Archaic I

Date:

700 - 550 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Found/Acquired: Cyprus

Accession Number:

2001,0423.7