Bichrome Oinochoe

Bichrome Oinochoe

Description:

Pottery oinochoe or jug in Bichrome ware; globular-ovoid body on a low base; short neck and trefoil mouth; double-rib handle from shoulder to rim; buff slip decorated with purple-brown and red painted decoration: parallel bands intersecting with concentrics on the body, eyes on the trefoil spout; lotus motif flanked by arrows on the shoulder.


Dimensions: Height: 22 centimetres


Object Type: oinochoe; jug


Ware: White Painted Ware (?); Bichrome Ware (?)


Techniques: slipped; painted; wheel-made

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 450 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Amathus

Accession Number:

1894,1101.527