Bichrome Loop Jar

Bichrome Loop Jar

Description:

Pottery jar in Bichrome ware; wheel-made; globular-ovoid body on a low base; wide conical neck and a thick rim; pair of opposing loop handles; re-orange clay and white slip, decorated with red and black paint: bands around the body and very faded concentrics on the neck; surface very worn, both paint and slip.


Dimensions: Height: 17.80 centimetres


Object Type: jar


Ware: Bichrome Ware (Bichrome V)


Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 450 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Kourion

Accession Number:

1982,0729.353