Black-on-Red Spouted Jug

Black-on-Red Spouted Jug

Description:

Small pottery spouted jug in Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; globular-ovoid body on a flat base; narrow neck tapering outwards with a conical profile; small tubular spout on shoulder; arching basket handle; buff clay and reddish-brown slip, decorated with black paint: bands around the neck and base of spout, fine lines on the shoulder and body, bars on the handle.


Dimensions: Height: 11.50 centimetres


Object Type: jug


Ware: Black-On-Red Ware


Series: Black-on-Red I


Techniques: slipped; painted; wheel-made

Period:

Geometric II

Date:

900 - 700 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Amathus

Accession Number:

1894,1101.538