Bichrome Nipple Flask - image 1

Geometric II

Bichrome Nipple Flask

Pottery lentoid flask or bottle in Bichrome III ware; prominent nipple on each side of the body; narrow neck with a ridge, flaring to a trumpet-shaped mouth; two vertical arching handles; buff clay and slip, decorated in red and black paint: concentric circles on each side of the body with a bull's eye motif at the centre, bands on the neck, red lip. Dimensions: Height: 14.40 centimetres Object Type: flask; bottle Ware: Bichrome Ware (BiCh III) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Date

900 - 750 BC

Accession No.

1982,0721.30

Collection

British Museum

Provenance