Black-On-Red Lekythos

Black-On-Red Lekythos

Description:

Pottery juglet in Black-on-Red ware; elongated body on a flat disc base; short, concave neck with a trefoil mouth; arching handle from shoulder to rim; buff clay with a matt red slip, decorated in black paint: bands around the body and neck, solid handle, concentric circles on the shoulder; surface worn in places.


Dimensions: Height: 13.80 centimetres


Object Type: lekythos; jug


Ware: Black-On-Red Ware


Series: Black-on-Red I


Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Period:

Geometric II

Date:

950 - 750 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Cyprus

Accession Number:

1982,0726.47