Bichrome-Red Perfume Flask
Description: | Pottery juglet or perfume flask in Bichrome-Red ware; ovoid-globular body with a narrow neck tapering upwards to a trefoil spout; arching handle from shoulder to rim; slightly concave disc base; pink-buff clay with red matt slip, decorated in black paint with parallel bands around the body and concentric circles on the shoulder; white dots on the black bands around the neck, traces of white paint on the body; surface worn. Dimensions: Height: 10.50 centimetres Object Type: juglet Ware: Bichrome Red Ware (Bichrome-Red I-II) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped |
Period: | Archaic |
Date: | 750 - 475 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Cyprus |
Accession Number: | 1982,0726.41 |