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Black-on-Red Ware Jug, Classical Cypriot
Black-on-Red Ware Jug, Classical Cypriot, c. 475–400 BC. British Museum, 1890,0731.38.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Classical

Black-on-Red Ware Jug

Pottery jug in a variant of Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; globular body on a very broad disc foot; narrow conical-convex sides with a very tall trefoil mouth; single handle (elliptical section) from shoulder to rim. Made of fine buff clay with a semi-lustrous reddish-brown slip decorated with brown paint: horizontal and vertical concentric circles on both sides, irregular wavy lines on the neck, floral or plant motif below the trefoil mouth, and a painted garland at the base of the handle. Dimensions: Height: 14 centimetres Object Type: jug Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red IV Techniques: painted; slipped; polished; wheel-made

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Ware
Black-on-Red ware
Shape
JugTrefoil-mouthed jug
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Classical
Date
475 - 400 BC
Findspot
Marion

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Marion-Arsinoe

Identifiers

Accession no.
1890,0731.38, British Museum · Museum record

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