Bichrome Barrel-Flask

Bichrome Barrel-Flask

Description:

Pottery barrel-flask or juglet in Bichrome III ware; barrel-shaped body on a rounded base; narrow neck and a flaring trumpet mouth; single arching handle from shoulder to neck; one handle; buff clay and slip, decorated in red and black paint: bull's eye pattern on each end of the body, parallel lines on the neck, solid handle; surface worn and calcinated.


Dimensions: Height: 9.80 centimetres


Object Type: flask; juglet


Ware: Bichrome Ware


Series: Bichrome III


Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Period:

Geometric II

Date:

900 - 750 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Accession Number:

1982,0721.29