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Bichrome Red Jug, Archaic II Cypriot, Bichrome Red II
Bichrome Red Jug, Archaic II Cypriot, Bichrome Red II, c. 600–475 BC. British Museum, 1894,1101.470.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic II

Bichrome Red Jug

Pottery jug in Bichrome-Red ware; wheel-made; globular body on a splaying foot; narrow concave neck with a trefoil mouth; double-ribbed handle arching from shoulder to rim (repaired); buff clay and red slip, decorated in black and white paint: concentric bands on the body forming a bull's-eye pattern in the centre, rings around the neck, groups of white dots on the body. Dimensions: Height: 24.30 centimetres Object Type: oinochoe Ware: Bichrome Red Ware Series: Bichrome Red II Techniques: slipped; painted; wheel-made

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Bichrome Red wareBichrome Red II (V)
Shape
JugTrefoil-mouthed jug
Decoration
PaintedPainted in two colours
Motif
Bands and lines
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-Archaic II
Date
600 - 475 BC
Findspot
Amathus

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Amathus

Identifiers

Accession no.
1894,1101.470, British Museum · Museum record

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