Black-on-Red Ware Jug

Black-on-Red Ware Jug

Description:

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

Period:

Classical

Date:

475 - 400 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Marion-Arsinoe

Accession Number:

1890,0731.38