Bichrome Barrel Flask

Bichrome Barrel Flask

Description:

Pottery barrel flask or juglet in Bichrome III ware; wheel-made; barrel-shaped body with nipple-shaped bosses at each end; narrow neck and flaring mouth; single arching handle from shoulder to neck; buff clay and slip, decorated in brown and red paint: bands of concentrics around the body, single band of red below the lip.


Dimensions: Height: 14.40 centimetres


Object Type: barrel flask; juglet


Ware: Bichrome Ware (Bichrome III)


Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Period:

Geometric II

Date:

900 - 750 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Accession Number:

1982,0721.31