Black-On-Red Lekythos - image 1

Archaic II

Black-On-Red Lekythos

Large pottery lekythos or juglet in Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; tall slightly bulbous body on a low disc base; narrow tubular neck and pinched mouth; double-rib handle from shoulder to rim; orange clay and orange-red slip, decorated in black paint (both slip and paint are very eroded and the paint has fired to a purple or red colour in places): broad and narrow bands around the body, concentric circles on the shoulder. Dimensions: Height: 18.80 centimetres Object Type: juglet; lekythos Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red III Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Date

600 - 450 BC

Accession No.

1982,0729.329

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Kourion