Cypriot Bichrome Globular Oinochoe Cypriot Bichrome Globular Oinochoe Cypriot Bichrome Globular Oinochoe Cypriot Bichrome Globular Oinochoe Cypriot Bichrome Globular Oinochoe
Cypriot Bichrome Globular Oinochoe
Cypriot Bichrome Globular Oinochoe
Cypriot Bichrome Globular Oinochoe
Cypriot Bichrome Globular Oinochoe
Cypriot Bichrome Globular Oinochoe

Cypriot Bichrome Globular Oinochoe

SKU: HQ.0111

Origin: Mediterranean
Circa: Cypro-Geometric Phase, 900 BC to 750 BC
Dimensions: 8" Height x 6" Width (20.5 cm x 15.3 cm)
Medium: Terracotta

A wheel-thrown pottery oinochoe of a spherical form with slightly protruding base, a rounded shoulder, and a narrow neck surmounted by a trefoil pouring spout. A thick handle arches elegantly outwards behind the spout rim. The vessel features a creamy yellow-white ground, and the upper body is painted with a series of concentric, dark brown bands. With snake detail.on and below the handle, and eyes to either side of the pinched lip. Additional banding is shown around the neck, beneath the spout, along the spout rim, and across the handle exterior.

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$1,200.00

Jon Jacobs Collection, Michigan. Southern California Private Collection.

Put back together from fragments. Dents, gouges, and scratches present. Some weathered areas with varying surface patina and losses to pigment. Mild encrustations. Overall in fine and attractive condition.

The term Cypriot Bichrome (Iron Age) draws on Einar Gjerstad's typological system (1932, 1948, 1960) and refers to a ware that is defined by the surface treatment of a vessel. The use of black and red paint together on an otherwise undecorated (no slip, wash, or similar covering) surface is common throughout the Cypro-Geometric, Cypro-Archaic, and Cypro-Classical periods. There are many different fabrics, shapes, and decorative schemes that are included within this ware family.

For similar shape and banding, also attributed to the 8th Century BC, see Cantor Arts Center, Stanford Family Colections, Accession Number: JLS.2297

Karageorghis, Vassos, Ancient Art from Cyprus, The Cesnola Collection, 2000, pp. 77, 78.

Gjerstad, Einar. The Swedish Cyprus Expedition Vol. IV, Part 2: The Cypro-Geometric, Cypro-Archaic and Cypro-Classical Periods. Stockholm: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1948

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