Bichrome Barrel Flask - image 1

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Bichrome Barrel Flask

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

Date

900 - 750 BC

Accession No.

1982,0721.31

Collection

British Museum

Provenance