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 |