Bichrome Palm Leaf Jug

Bichrome Palm Leaf Jug

Description:

Pottery jug in Bichrome Ware; wheel-made; ovoid-biconical body on a disc base; tall narrow neck with a trefoil mouth; single handle from shoulder to rim; cream-white clay and slip (?), decorated with red and black paint: stylised leaves in groups of three hanging from the shoulder, rings around the neck, ladder pattern on the handle; an example of the 'Palm Leaf' workshop.


Dimensions: Height: 14.10 centimetres


Object Type: jug


Series: Palm Leaf workshop


Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped (?)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 400 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Kourion

Accession Number:

1982,0729.368