Archaic I

Black-on-Red Oinochoe

Pottery oinochoe or jug in Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; globular body on a narrow ring base; narrow neck and trefoil mouth; double-rib handle from shoulder to rim; buff-pink clay and red slip, decorated in black paint: large concentric circles enclosing smaller concentrics arranged around a central bull's-eye motif on each side; single bull's-eye below the mouth above which is a series of concentrics arranged each side of a motif comprising three straight lines intersecting at the top; bands on the neck, handle and base. Dimensions: Height: 20 centimetres Object Type: oinochoe; jug Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red II Techniques: painted; slipped; wheel-made