Free Field Bulls on Bichrome Jar, Archaic I Cypriot — Free Field Bulls on Bichrome Jar, Archaic I Cypriot, c. 750–600 BC. Cyprus Museum, Nicosia.© Cyprus Museum, Nicosia

Archaic I

Free Field Bulls on Bichrome Jar

Jar with two detailed free field bichrome bulls facing each other and lotus leaves. Rest of jar is in White Painted style

Classification

Object type: Pottery vessel
Ware: Bichrome ware (Iron Age)
Shape: Jar
Style: Free-Field Style
Decoration techniques: Painted, PaintedPainted in two colours
Motifs: Bull and cattle, Lotus
Material: Clay
Period: probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date: 750 - 600 BC
Place of production: Cyprus

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Cyprus Museum, Nicosia

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