Black-On-Red Juglet - image 1

Archaic II

Black-On-Red Juglet

Pottery juglet in Black-on-Red ware; wheelmade; biconical body on a raised disc base, concave underneath; nrrow tubular neck with a disc mouth; single stra-like handle, oval section, from shoulder to rim. Made of buff clay covered in an irregularly-fired reddish slip, decorated with black-brown paint: wide and narrow bands on the body. Paint very worn in places, almost down to the clay on the shoulder, also numerous small cracks in the vessel. Dimensions: Height: 9.50 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red III Techniques: painted; handmade; slipped

Date

600 - 475 BC

Accession No.

1894,1101.539

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Amathus