Bichrome Painted Jar - image 1

Archaic II

Bichrome Painted Jar

Small pottery jar or tumbler (?); wheel-made; convex body on a flat base; irregular everted rim, slightly chamfered edge (perhaps added separately); pink-buff clay and slip, decorated in red and black paint: parallel bands on the body; surface very worn. Dimensions: Diameter: 4.90 centimetres mouth ; Height: 5.60 centimetres Object Type: jar Ware: Bichrome Ware (Bichrome V) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Date

600 - 475 BC

Accession No.

1894,1101.205

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Amathus