Black-on-Red Perfume Flask - image 1

Archaic I

Black-on-Red Perfume Flask

Pottery perfume flask or juglet in Black-on Red ware; globular body with a narrow neck and a flaring trumpet mouth lekythos; broad flat base; arched handle from shoulder to neck-ridge; orange clay with a red-orange polished slip, decorated in black paint: parallel bands around the body and neck, solid handle and three groups of concentric circles on the shoulder. Dimensions: Height: 12.40 centimetres Object Type: juglet; flask Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red I Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Date

750 - 600 BC

Accession No.

1982,0726.54

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus