Black-On-Red Basket-Handle Jar - image 1

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Black-On-Red Basket-Handle Jar

Pottery jar with a basket-handle in Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; ovoid body with pointed nipple-like base; wide neck with a two-ribbed basket-handle with pointed knob on top; made of fione buff clay covered with a polished slip, decorated with black paint: parallels bands around the body. Dimensions: Height: 19.50 centimetres Object Type: jar Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red I Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Date

900 - 700 BC

Accession No.

1876,0909.38

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus