Bichrome Amphoriskos
Description: | Small pottery jar or amphoriskos in Bichrome ware; wheel-made; ovoid body on a low, slightly concave base; tall, wide neck tapering upwards, with an everted rim; two opposing handles; buff clay and slip, decorated in black and purple paint: bands or broad and narrow lines around the body and below the rim inside, frieze of large, criss-crossing strokes between the handles, possibly stylised fronds. Dimensions: Height: 18 centimetres Object Type: jar Ware: Bichrome Ware (Bichrome V) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped |
Period: | Archaic II |
Date: | 600 - 475 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Cyprus |
Accession Number: | 1982,0726.77 |