Black-on-Red Perfume Flask, Geometric II Cypriot juglet
Black-on-Red Perfume Flask, Geometric II Cypriot, c. 900–600 BC. British Museum, 1982,0729.208.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Geometric II

Black-on-Red Perfume Flask

Pottery perfume flask or juglet in Black-on-Red ware; globular body with a narrow neck and a flaring trumpet ridge; slightly raised disc base; arched handle from shoulder to neck-ridge; buff-pink clay with matt red-orange slip, decorated in black paint: parallel bands on the body and neck' rim chipped. Dimensions: Height: 10.70 centimetres Object Type: flask; juglet 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.

1982,0729.208

Collection

Provenance

  • Gastria

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