
Geometric II
Black-on-Red Aryballos
Pottery Black-on-Red ware aryballos or perfume flask; globular body with a flat base; narrow neck with ridge flaring to an everted rim; handle arching from shoulder to the neck-ridge; pink-buff clay with a thin reddish burnished slip decorated with black banded decoration on the body, pair of concentric circles on the shoulder, solid handle. Dimensions: Height: 8 centimetres Object Type: aryballos; flask Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red I; Black-on-Red II Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped
Date
900 - 600 BC
Accession No.
1982,0726.50
Collection
British Museum
Provenance
- Cyprus