Black-on-Red Dish
Description: | Pottery dish or bowl in Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; wide, somewhat carinated body on a turned, but slighly rounded base; sligh inturning rim; pair of opposing horizontal loop handles; buff micaceous clay with similar slip, decorated in purple-brown paint: large spiral inside surrounded by a broad band, outside is a band of fine parallel lines with broader bands on the rim and base, solid handles. Dimensions: Diameter: 18 centimetres; Height: 5 centimetres Object Type: dish Ware: White Painted Ware Series: White Painted IV Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped |
Period: | Archaic I |
Date: | 750 - 600 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Aradhippou |
Accession Number: | 1880,0710.13 |