Black-on-Red Dish - image 1

Archaic I

Black-on-Red Dish

Large pottery dish in Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; shallow convex body on a turned base; thickened inverted rim; pair of opposing double-loop handles of quasi-zoomorphic type (one now lost); orange micaceous clay and red slip, decorated in black paint: bands of concentric circles of fine lines inside and out, solid handles. Dimensions: Diameter: 25.50 centimetres; Height: 7 centimetres Object Type: dish Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red IV Techniques: painted; slipped; wheel-made

Date

750 - 600 BC

Accession No.

1880,0710.9

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Aradhippou