
Archaic II
Bichrome Amphora
Pottery amphora in Bichrome ware; wheel-made; ovoid body on a ring base; cylindrical neck with thick everted rim; pair of thick opposing loop handles; made of buff clay with reddish-buff slip decorated with black, purple and white paint: stylsed trees in panels on each side of the vase and under the handles; bands above and below the central panels; white wavy line around the shoulder; files of dots and triangles on the neck; file of oblique lines on the rim. Dimensions: Height: 23.50 centimetres Object Type: amphora Ware: Bichrome Ware (Bichrome V) Techniques: painted; slipped; wheel-made
Date
600 - 450 BC
Accession No.
1894,1101.531
Collection
British Museum
Provenance
- Amathus
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