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 |