
Geometric II
Black-On-Red Barrel Flask
Pottery barrel flask or juglet in Black-on-Red ware; barrel-shaped body with nipple-like bosses at each end; narrow neck and flaring trumpet mouth; arching handle from shoulder to neck-ridge; pink-buff clay and an orange-red slip decorated in black paint: bands encircling the body and neck barrel flask, dark motifs below the handle and mouth. Dimensions: Height: 7.20 centimetres Object Type: flask Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red I Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped
Date
900 - 700 BC
Accession No.
1982,0729.562
Collection
British Museum
Provenance
- Gastria (?)
- Kourion (?)