Bichrome Plant Jug - image 1

Archaic II

Bichrome Plant Jug

Pottery jug in Bichrome ware; globular biconical body with a narrow neck and trefoil mouth; slighlty rounded disc base; arching handle from shoulder to mouth; buff clay with a cream-white slip (worn away over large areas of the body) decorated in black and red-pink paint with large, three-stroke plant motifs around the body. Dimensions: Height: 17.60 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Bichrome Ware (Bichrome V) Techniques: painted; wheel-made

Date

600 - 475 BC

Accession No.

1982,0729.174

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Gastria