Cypriot bichrome ware is a type of Late Bronze Age/Iron Age pottery which was found widely on Cyprus and across the eastern Mediterrannean. The name is derived from Greek for two colours ‘bi’ ‘chrome’, these two colours being of a dark greyish black and reddish hues . The ware is wheel-made of brown clay with a white to buff slip and is decorated with black and red pigments. Originally, bichrome ware was presumed to have been imported to Cyprus from the Levant, but provenance studies have since shown that in was also produced in Cyprus starting on the east coast around Milia, from the Late Cypriot IA until Late Cypriot IB.
Cypriot Bichrome Ware Juglet
$264.75
A fine Cypriot Bichrome ware juglet. The vessel features a bulbous body with a short cylindrical neck and flared mouth. A curved handle spans from the neck on the raised rib to the shoulder. The juglet sits upon a flat base. Finely painted thin dark red bands decorate the neck and the lip of the vessel. The body is further enriched at its widest point with a horizontal thick red ring around the centre, with a darker band below, and three thinner painted bands above. The handle is painted in its entirety in a similar dark red pigment. The lower half of the vessel is left unadorned, revealing the white slip which had been used. The vessel displays previous repairs around the base of the neck. Visible earthy encrustations across the body and slight wear to the paint around the lip of the vessel.
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Additional information
| Weight | 160 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 9.3 × 12 cm |
| Culture | Ancient Greek |
| Region | Near East (Western Asiatic) |
| Pottery porcelain | Earthenware |
| Pottery and Porcelain | Earthenware |
