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Black-On-Red Globular Jug, Archaic I Cypriot, Black-on-Red IV
Black-On-Red Globular Jug, Archaic I Cypriot, Black-on-Red IV, c. 750–600 BC. British Museum, 1982,0729.317.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic I

Black-On-Red Globular Jug

Large pottery jug in Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; globular body on a ring base; tall narrow neck with a trefoil mouth; double-rib handle from shoulder to rim; buff clay and lustrous red slip, decorated in matt black paint: large bands of concentric lines on each side of the body framing a central bull's eye motif surrounded by smaller groups of concentrics, a horizontal band of concentric lines runs around the shoulder, below the spout in the resultant frame is a motif of three intersecting lines surrounded by small groups of concentrics, bands on the neck, ladder pattern on the neck. Dimensions: Height: 27.70 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red IV Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Black-on-Red wareBlack-on-Red IV (VI)
Shape
Jug
Decoration
Painted
Motifs
Concentric circles, Ladder pattern, Bands and lines
Material
Clay
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Kourion
Date
750 - 600 BC

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Kourion

Identifiers

Accession no.
1982,0729.317, British Museum · Museum record

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