Phoenician Bichrome ware is the successor to Phoenician Monochrome Ware. Vessels are decorated with both bands and concentric circles of alternating black and red pigments. PXRF analysis has shown that the red pigment derives from iron oxides and the black from manganese oxides (Shoval and Gilboa 2016). Vessels made in this ware were mostly small containers such as flasks, jugs as well as bowls, kraters, and jars - although these last are rare.
Production occurred at sites along the southern Phoenician coast, from Sidon to Achziv to Dor, in the coastal hinterland (Keisan), in the Jezreel Valley (Yoqne'am, Megiddo), and in northern Israel...