Bichrome Amphora

Bichrome Amphora

Description:

Small pottery amphora in Bichrome ware; ovoid-globular body on a flat, slightly concave base; concave neck and flaring everted rim (part missing); pair of opposing horizontal loop handles; buff clay and slip, decorated in black, purple and yellow paint: bands on the body and a zig-zag band on the neck; surface worn.


Dimensions: Diameter: 4.40 centimetres mouth ; Height: 10.30 centimetres


Object Type: amphora


Ware: Bichrome Ware (Bichrome V)


Techniques: painted; slipped; wheel-made

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 450 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Amathus

Accession Number:

1894,1101.210