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Black-on-Red Lekythos/Perfume Flask, Geometric II Cypriot aryballos
Black-on-Red Lekythos/Perfume Flask, Geometric II Cypriot, c. 900–600 BC. British Museum, 1982,0726.49.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Geometric II

Black-on-Red Lekythos/Perfume Flask

Pottery Black-on-Red ware lekythos/ aryballos or perfume flask; globular body with a flat base; narrow neck with a flaring trumpet mouth; neck-ridge; handle from shoulder to neck-ridge; buff-pink clay with a red-orange burnished slip decorated in black paint: bands of parallel lines around the body and neck, concentric circles on the shoulder; surface is pock-marked and calcinated and part of handle is chipped away. Dimensions: Height: 9.10 centimetres Object Type: lekythos; aryballos Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red I; Black-on-Red II Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Black-on-Red ware
Shape
JugJugletAryballos
Decoration
Painted
Material
Clay
Place of production
Cyprus
Date
900 - 600 BC

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus

Identifiers

Accession no.
1982,0726.49, British Museum · Museum record

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