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Black-on-Red Juglet

Pottery juglet or perfume flask in Black-on-Red ware; ovoid-globular body with a narrow neck and flaring trumpet mouth; flat base; arching handle from shoulder to neck-ridge; buff-pink clay with a polished orange-red slip, decorated in black paint: parallel bands around the body and neck and a pair of concentric circles on the shoulder; surface very abraded and cracked. Dimensions: Height: 8.70 centimetres Object Type: juglet Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red I (?) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Date

900 - 750 BC

Accession No.

1908,0411.25

Collection

British Museum

Provenance