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Black-on-Red Aryballos

Pottery aryballos (juglet) in Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; globular body with a broad flat base; narrow neck with ridge, flaring to a trumpet mouth; small arching handle from shoulder to ridge; buff clat with bright red slip, decorated in black paint: bands around the neck and mouth, fine lines around the body, groups of small concentric circles on the shoulder, solid paint on handle. Dimensions: Height: 9 centimetres Object Type: aryballos; juglet Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red I Techniques: painted; slipped; wheel-made

Date

900 - 700 BC

Accession No.

1894,1101.17

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Amathus