Black-On-Red Juglet, Geometric II Cypriot
Black-On-Red Juglet, Geometric II Cypriot, c. 900–600 BC. British Museum, 1982,0729.215.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Geometric II

Black-On-Red Juglet

Pottery black-on-red ware juglet or perfume flask; globular body with a flaring trumpet mouth; flat base; arched handle from shoulder to neck-ridge; pink-buff clay covered with a matt orange-red burnished slip and decorated with black paint: bands around the body and neck, ladder pattern on the handle and a single swastika on the shoulder; surface very worn or blackened. Dimensions: Height: 8 centimetres Object Type: juglet; flask Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red I; Black-on-Red II Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Shape
JugJuglet
Decoration
Painted
Material
Clay
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Gastria
Date
900 - 600 BC

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Accession No.

1982,0729.215

Collection

Provenance

  • Gastria

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