Black-on-Red Juglet, Geometric II Cypriot
Black-on-Red Juglet, Geometric II Cypriot, c. 900–600 BC. British Museum, 1982,0729.206.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Geometric II

Black-on-Red Juglet

Pottery juglet or perfume flask in Black-on-Red ware; globular body with a narrow neck and flaring trumpet mouth; arching handle from shoulder to neck-ridge; flat base; buff-pink clay with an orange slip decorated in black paint: parallel bands around the body and a single group of concentric circles on the shoulder; surface heavily calcinated. Dimensions: Height: 5.90 centimetres Object Type: juglet; flask Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red I; Black-on-Red II Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Shape
JugJuglet
Decoration
Painted
Material
Clay
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Gastria
Date
900 - 600 BC

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Accession No.

1982,0729.206

Collection

Provenance

  • Gastria

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