Black-on-Red Barrel Juglet

Black-on-Red Barrel Juglet

Description:

Pottery barrel juglet in Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; elongated body with rounded ends; narrow neck with a flaring trumpet mouth; neck ridge; pair of opposing handles arching from shoulder to below neck ridge; made of fine buff clay covered with a dark reddish-orange lustrous slip, decorated with black paint: bands of concentric lines with solid borders around the body, framing a dart motif under the handles, bands around the neck, ladder pattern on the handles; surface shows signs of burning or perhaps over-firing.


Dimensions: Height: 14 centimetres


Object Type: juglet


Ware: Black-On-Red Ware


Series: Black-on-Red I


Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Period:

Geometric II

Date:

900 - 700 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Kouklia

Accession Number:

1888,1115.6