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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