Geometric II

Black-on-Red Barrel Jug

Pottery barrel-shaped juglet in Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; barrel-shaped body with bosses ('nipples') at each end; narrow neck with ridge, flaring to a very large trumpet mouth; pair of opposing arching handles from shoulder to neck ridge; buff clay and polished red slip, decorated with dull black paint: bands of concentric lines around the ends of the vase, with a bull's-eye motif at the bosses, complex dark motif beneath each handle, short parallel bars on the handles, broad and narrow bands on the neck and mouth. Dimensions: Diameter: 10 centimetres Object Type: flask; juglet Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red I Techniques: slipped; painted; wheel-made