Black-on-Red Juglet - image 1

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Black-on-Red Juglet

Pottery juglet or perfume flask in Black-on-Red ware; globular body with a narrow neck and flaring trumpet mouth; arching handle from shoulder to neck-ridge; flat base; pink-buff clay with orange-red polished slip, decorated in black paint: parallel bands around the body and concentric circles on the shoulder; surface pock-marked in many places, part of the mouth is missing. Dimensions: Height: 9.20 centimetres Object Type: juglet; flask Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red II Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Date

900 - 600 BC

Accession No.

1880,0710.87

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Amathus (?)
  • Limassol (city) (?)