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Archaic I

Bichrome Aryballos

Pottery aryballos or juglet in Bichrome ware; wheel-made; globular body on a flat base; narrow concave neck with ridge, flaring to a mushroom-shaped lip; small arching handle from shoulder to neck-ridge; buff clay and slip, decorated in black and purple paint: bull's-eye motif surrounded by concentric bands on each side; horizontal bands on the neck; geometric motif of intersecting lines with pendant chain below the neck; solid paint on the lip and neck. Dimensions: Height: 10.70 centimetres Object Type: aryballos; juglet Ware: Bichrome Ware (Bichrome) Series: Bichrome IV Techniques: slipped; painted; wheel-made

Date

750 - 600 BC

Accession No.

1894,1101.393

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Amathus