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Black-on-Red Perfume Flask, Archaic Cypriot juglet
Black-on-Red Perfume Flask, Archaic Cypriot, c. 750–475 BC. British Museum, 1982,0726.42.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic

Black-on-Red Perfume Flask

Pottery perfume flask or juglet in Black-on-Red ware; globular body with a narrow neck, prominent neck-ridge and a flat everted rim; slightly concave disc base; arched handle from shoulder to neck-ridge; buff-pink clay with matt red-orange slip, decorated in black paint: parallel bands on the body, four groups of concenbtric circles on the shoulder. Dimensions: Height: 10.80 centimetres Object Type: juglet; flask Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red II; Black-on-Red III Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Black-on-Red ware
Shape
JugJuglet
Decoration
Painted
Motifs
Bands and lines, Concentric circles
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date
750 - 475 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus

Identifiers

Accession no.
1982,0726.42, British Museum · Museum record

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