Bichrome Tumbler - image 1

Archaic II

Bichrome Tumbler

Small pottery jar or tumbler in Bichrome ware; wheel-made; straight-sided body swelling outwards towards the flat base; flaring slip with a slight inward chamfer; coarse buff clay (with inclusions) and buff slip decorated in red and black paint, coarsely applied: triangles framed by bands on the top and bottom, traces of paint also on the lip. Dimensions: Diameter: 5.50 centimetres mouth ; Height: 6.50 centimetres Object Type: jar; tumbler Ware: Bichrome Ware Series: Bichrome V Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Date

600 - 450 BC

Accession No.

1894,1101.211

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Amathus