
Geometric II
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