Bichrome Painted Jug - image 1

Archaic II

Bichrome Painted Jug

Pottery jug in Bichrome ware; baggy ovoid body on a low ring base; narrow concave neck with a trefoil mouth; double-ribbed handle from shoulder to rim; pink-buff clay and slip decorated in black and purple paint: broad and narrow parallel bands around the body with registers of concentric circles around the shoulder and lower body. Dimensions: Height: 23.90 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Bichrome Ware (Bichrome V) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Date

600 - 475 BC

Accession No.

1982,0726.79

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus