
Archaic I
Black-on-Red Flask
Two-handled pottery flask in Black-on-red ware; wheel-made; globular body on a flat base; narrow neck with ridge, flaring to a trumpet mouth; pair of opposing arching handles; buff clay and red slip, decorated in black paint: solid bands on the neck, mouth and handles, band of fine parallel lines around the body, concentric circles on the shoulder. Dimensions: Height: 11.50 centimetres Object Type: flask Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red II Techniques: slipped; painted; wheel-made
Date
750 - 600 BC
Accession No.
1894,1101.523
Collection
British Museum
Provenance
- Amathus