Bichrome Red Spouted Jug - image 1

Archaic I

Bichrome Red Spouted Jug

Pottery spouted jug in Bichrome Red ware; wheel-made with applied details; ovoid body on a hollow pedestal base; long tubular spout rising at an angle from mid- body, pair of breasts above; the neck is modelled in the form of a female head, with applied details such as pellet eyes and curls and pairs of plaited tresses hanging down each side of the face; she wears a double choker around her neck, also formed of applied discs of clay; single arching handle from the shoulder to the rop of the female head. Made of buff clay decorated with black and red paint. Dimensions: Height: 21.59 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Bichrome Red Ware Techniques: wheel-made; applied; painted

Date

750 - 600 BC

Accession No.

1876,0909.4

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus