Archaic I
Bichrome Storage Box
rare bichrome storage box covered in flower and other archaic slip designs.
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Decoration techniques
- Painted, PaintedPainted in two colours
- Material
- Clay
- Period
- probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
- Date
- 750 - 600 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Collection
Photographs in the Archive
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- Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03823. Public domain (CC0).
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