Black-On-Red Barrel Flask - image 1

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 (?)