Bichrome Red Jug - image 1

Archaic

Bichrome Red Jug

Pottery jug in Bichrome-Red ware; wheel-made; globular body on a ring base; short tubular (slight concave) neck neck with a trefoil mouth; double-ribbed handle from shoulder to rim. Made of fine buff clay - fired to a red colour - over which is black painted decoration: pattern of intersecting bands and concentrics; base split and surface discoloured by fire. Dimensions: Height: 26.50 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Bichrome Red Ware Techniques: painted

Date

750 - 475 BC

Accession No.

1890,0731.42

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Marion-Arsinoe