Jug (bichrome III ware)
Iron Age, Cypro-Archaic I 750 BCE-600 BCE
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
13.8 × 11.5 × 11.8 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1892
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Physical description
Wheel made jug with round body and flattened ring back. Very short neck merging into a trefoil mouth with inverted rim. A handle extends from the rim to just below the shoulder of the body. The handle is decorated with horizontal painted bands of a dark brown colour. A brown hooked tail extends from the base of the handle. The rim is painted dark brown with two circular "eyes" painted in brown on either side of the mouth. A red and a brown band circle the neck. In dark brown on either side of the mouth. A red and brown band circle the neck. In dark brown on the front of the body is painted a series of vertical arrows becoming smaller towards the base and ending in a dark triangle. This abstract impression looks quite "fish-like".