Wine-Cart Model Jar

Wine-Cart Model Jar

Description:

Terracotta model of a wine-cart in the form of a large jar on two wheels; hand-made; a large open mouthed vessel with a rounded lip, with a perforated socket underneath for the axel; two clay projections at front, representing either legs of tied-up skin, taps or possibly the wooden boards of the platform; buff clay decorated with black and purple intersecting bands; modern wheels.


Dimensions: Height: 11.50 centimetres


Object Type: model; cart


Techniques: painted; handmade

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 500 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Amathus

Accession Number:

1894,1101.201