Black-on-Red Flask, Archaic I Cypriot, Black-on-Red II
Black-on-Red Flask, Archaic I Cypriot, Black-on-Red II, c. 750–600 BC. British Museum, 1894,1101.523.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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

Accession No.

1894,1101.523

Collection

Provenance

  • Amathus

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