Bichrome Amphora

Bichrome Amphora

Description:

Small pottery amphora in Bichrome ware; wheel-made; ovoid body on a raised base; upward-sloping handles; buff slip; black and purple decoration including panels of lattice and flowers round body and ivy-wreath round neck.


Dimensions: Diameter: 5.50 centimetres mouth ; Height: 17.20 centimetres


Object Type: amphora


Ware: Bichrome Ware


Series: Bichrome V


Techniques: painted; slipped

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 475 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Amathus

Accession Number:

1894,1101.99