Black-on-Red Amphora
Description: | Large pottery amphora (two handled jar) Black-on-Red bowl, probably for mixing or serving liquids; wheel-made; wide neck with narrow rim; twisted cable in middle of ribbed handles. Made of buff clay covered in a lustrous red slip decorated with black paint: lattice-patterns on neck and shoulder and rings and bands on body. Dimensions: Height: 44.50 centimetres Object Type: bowl Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red I Techniques: painted; slipped; wheel-made |
Period: | Geometric II |
Date: | 900 - 750 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Dhali (?) |
Accession Number: | 1884,1210.1 |