Black-on-Red Perfume Flask - image 1

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Black-on-Red Perfume Flask

Pottery Black-on-Red ware perfume flask or juglet; globular body with a flat base; narrow neck with ridge and flaring to an everted rim; arched handle from shoulder to the neck-ridge; pink-buff clay with a thin reddish matt slip, signs of burnishing, decorated with black banded decoration; surface very worn. Dimensions: Height: 7.90 centimetres Object Type: flask; juglet Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red I; Black-on-Red II Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Date

900 - 600 BC

Accession No.

1908,0411.31

Collection

British Museum

Provenance