Archaic II

Bichrome Red Oinochoe

Large Bichrome Red pottery ware jug (or oinochoe); wheel-made; spherical body with low ring base; tall neck tapering inwards towards a narrow trefoil spout; two-ribbed handle extending from shoulder to mouth; made of pale buff clay covered in a thick red, polished slip and decorated with black and red paint: two broad bands of fine concentric lines arranged vertically on either side of the handle and spout intersecting with a single horizontal band at the shoulder; the vertical bands frame a central bull's-eye motif of three concentric circles surrounded by seventeen smaller groups of concentric circles; below the neck at the front is a lotus flower motif painted in white flanked by pairs of concentric circles, below the horizontal band is a floral motif of narrow petals in white paint surrounded by concentric circles; on the opposite side below the handle is a T-shaped motif of small concentric circles; bands of white dots on a black background at the junction of shoulder and neck; narrow band of black and white chequer board pattern below spout; horizontal and vertical strokes on the base which appear to be painted on, possibly an inscription; slip worn in various places, sometimes down to the fabric. Dimensions: Height: 31 centimetres Object Type: oinochoe; jug Ware: Bichrome Red Ware (Bichrome Red II (V)) Techniques: painted; slipped; wheel-made