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Bichrome Ware Jug, Archaic II Cypriot
Bichrome Ware Jug, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 600–475 BC. British Museum, 1982,0729.276.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic II

Bichrome Ware Jug

Pottery jug in Bichrome Ware; wheel-made; globular body on a raised disc base; flaring neck with a trefoil mouth; single two-ridged handle from shoulder to rim. Made of fine buff clay, main surface fired to a cream-buff colour, decorated with black and red paint: large bull's eye motif surrounded by concentric cirlces and bands on both sides of the bory; horizontal bands on the neck. Dimensions: Height: 23.80 centimetres Object Type: jug Techniques: painted

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Bichrome ware (Iron Age)
Shape
JugTrefoil-mouthed jug
Decoration techniques
Painted, PaintedPainted in two colours
Motifs
Concentric circles, Bands and lines
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-Archaic II
Date
600 - 475 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Gastria

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Gastria

Identifiers

Accession no.
1982,0729.276, British Museum · Museum record

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