
Geometric III
Black-on-Red Lekythos
Pottery black-on-red ware lekythos/aryballos or perfume flask; globular body with a narrow neck and flaring, trumpet-mouth; neck-ridge; flat base; orange-buff clay with a matt, red-orange polished slip; decorated in black paint with parallel bands on the body, a ladder pattern on the handle and a single cluster of concentric circles on the shoulder. Dimensions: Height: 7.40 centimetres Object Type: lekythos; aryballos Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red I; Black-on-Red II Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped
Date
850 - 600 BC
Accession No.
1982,0729.212
Collection
British Museum
Provenance
- Gastria