Black-on-Red Perfume Flask - image 1

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

Date

750 - 475 BC

Accession No.

1982,0726.42

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus