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Black-on-Red Wide-mouthed Jar, Archaic I Cypriot stamnos
Black-on-Red Wide-mouthed Jar, Archaic I Cypriot, c. 800–600 BC. British Museum, 1880,0710.5.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic I

Black-on-Red Wide-mouthed Jar

Large pottery stamnos or wide-mouthed jar in Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; deep body, slightly angular at the top and bottom, on a turned ring base; narrow, flat disc-like rim; pair of opposing double-loop handles in quasi-zoomorphic form; orange-yellow clay and orange-red slip, decorated in black paint: on both sides of the body are panels comprising latticed chequer-board between vertical parallel; horizontal bands of fine parallel lines around the body; on the rim, groups of transverse strokes at intervals; solid handles. Dimensions: Height: 21 centimetres Object Type: stamnos Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red III; Black-on-Red IV Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Black-on-Red ware
Shape
JarStamnos
Decoration
Painted
Motifs
Lattice and checkerboard, Bands and lines
Material
Clay
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Aradippou-Panayia Ematousa
Date
800 - 600 BC

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Aradhippou

Identifiers

Accession no.
1880,0710.5, British Museum · Museum record

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