Archaic II

Bichrome Red Amphora

Pottery jar (amphora) in Bichrome/Bichrome Red ware; wheel-made; globular-biconical body on a ring base; short neck, flaring outwards from the shoulder with a thick, rounded rim; pair of opposing loop handles at mid-body. Made of fairly coarse buff clay, decorated with brown and white paint: the body surface has been fired an orange-red colour, with horizontal bands and a alrge white lattice patter; the neck surface has been fired white, and decorated with rows of bands, white dots, and large concentric circles on the neck; handles painted solid brown. Dimensions: Height: 26.50 centimetres Object Type: jar Ware: Bichrome Ware; Bichrome Red Ware Series: Bichrome V; Bichrome Red II Techniques: painted; slipped