Bichrome Spouted Jug
Description: | Pottery spouted jug in Bichrome ware; wheel-made; globular-ovoid body on a low foot; conical neck with a plain spout; arching handle from shoulder to rim; short conical spout on the shoulder; pale buff clay and slip, decorated in red and black paint: horizontal bands on the body, short bars on the handle, area around spout painted as a triangular patch bordered with black lines, two large eyes on the shoulder each side of this triangle. Dimensions: Height: 15 centimetres Object Type: oinochoe Ware: Bichrome Ware (Bichrome V) Techniques: painted; slipped; wheel-made |
Period: | Archaic II |
Date: | 600 - 450 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Amathus |
Accession Number: | 1894,1101.284 |