Black-On-Red Juglet
Description: | 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 |
Period: | Geometric II |
Date: | 900 - 600 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Salamis (Cyprus) (?) Gastria (?) Kourion (?) |
Accession Number: | 1982,0729.556 |