Black-on-Red Lekythos - image 1

Archaic I

Black-on-Red Lekythos

Pottery lekythos or juglet in Black-on-red ware; wheelmade; elongated conical body with rounded base, bulging biconical neck and trefoil mouth (possibly originally decorated with eyes); handle (now missing) from neck to rim; buff clay and red slip, decorated with black paint: bands around the neck and mouth, fine parallel lines around the body. Dimensions: Height: 12.50 centimetres Object Type: lekythos; flask Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red II Techniques: slipped; painted; wheel-made

Date

750 - 600 BC

Accession No.

1894,1101.443

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Amathus