Bichrome Tumbler
Description: | Small pottery jar or tumbler in Bichrome ware; wheel-made; swelling convex body on a slightly raised base, concave underneath; thick flattened lip, chamfered slightly inwards; buff clay and cream-white slip, decorated in red and black paint: broad and narrow bands on the body; paint worn in many places. Dimensions: Height: 5.60 centimetres; Width: 5.20 centimetres mouth Object Type: jar Ware: Bichrome Ware (Bichrome V) Techniques: painted; slipped; wheel-made |
Period: | Archaic II |
Date: | 600 - 475 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Amathus |
Accession Number: | 1894,1101.251 |