Bichrome Tumbler
Description: | 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 |
Period: | Archaic II |
Date: | 600 - 450 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Amathus |
Accession Number: | 1894,1101.211 |