Bichrome Oinochoe

Bichrome Oinochoe

Description:

Pottery oinochoe in Bichrome ware; wheel-made; globular body on a ring base; narrow conical neck with slightly pinched trefoil mouth; double-ribbed handle rising vertically from shouler to rim; buff clay with what appears to be the traces of a white slip, decorated with black and red paint (very worn): large concentric circles around the body, at least one smaller one below the base of the handle, solid bands on the handle crossed with groups of three horizontal strokes at intervals.


Dimensions: Height: 19 centimetres


Object Type: oinochoe; jug


Ware: Bichrome Ware (Bichrome V)


Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 450 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Kourion

Accession Number:

1896,0201.287