Bichrome Red Jug - image 1

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

Date

600 - 475 BC

Accession No.

1894,1101.470

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Amathus