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Bichrome Ware Jar, Archaic II Cypriot amphora
Bichrome Ware Jar, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 600–475 BC. British Museum, 1894,1101.528.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic II

Bichrome Ware Jar

Pottery jar (amphora) in Bichrome Ware; wheel-made; biconical body on a ring base; wide neck splaying outwards, with a thick rounded rim; pair of opposing horizontal handles at the shoulder. Made of buff clay, ground surface fired reddish-brown (with some reserved white bands) and with added white paint: dots around the junciton of neck, thick wavy line around the belly. Surface worn in places. Dimensions: Height: 22 centimetres Object Type: jar Ware: Bichrome Ware; Bichrome Red Ware Series: Bichrome V; Bichrome Red II Techniques: wheel-made; painted

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Bichrome ware (Iron Age)
Shape
JarAmphora
Decoration
Painted
Motifs
Wavy lines, Dots and dot rows
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-Archaic II
Date
600 - 475 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
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Amathus

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Amathus

Identifiers

Accession no.
1894,1101.528, British Museum · Museum record

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