Black-On-Red Juglet - image 1

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Black-On-Red Juglet

Pottery juglet or perfume flask in Black-on-Red ware; depressed globular body with a narrow neck and flaring trumpet mouth; arched handle from shoulder to neck-ridge; broad, slightly convex base; buff-pink clay with a red-orange slip, decorated in black paint: parallel bands on the body and neck, concentric circles and swastikas on the shoulder and a ladder pattern on the handle; mouth damaged and surface worn in places. Dimensions: Height: 10.80 centimetres Object Type: juglet; flask Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red I Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Date

900 - 600 BC

Accession No.

1982,0729.556

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Salamis (Cyprus) (?)
  • Gastria (?)
  • Kourion (?)