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Black-on-Red Ware Juglet

Pottery black-on-red ware juglet or perfume flask; globular-ovoid body with a narrow neck flaring to an everted rim; arched handle from shoulder to ridge-neck; flat base; pink-buff clay with a matt light orange slip decorated in black paint with narrow bands and a single group of concentric circles on the shoulder; surface is much scratched and pock-marked. Dimensions: Height: 9 centimetres Object Type: juglet; 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.

1908,0411.27

Collection

British Museum

Provenance