Geometric II

Black-on-Red Barrel Flask

Pottery barrel flask or juglet in Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; elongated body with rounded ends; narrow neck with ridge, flaring to a trumpet-shaped; pair if opposing handles from shoulder to neck ridge; buff clay and orange-red slip, decorated with black paint: maltese crosses enclosed within concentric circles on the bosses, bands around the body and neck, ladder pattern on the handle, geometric dart or arrow motif on the shoulder below the mouth. Dimensions: Height: 19.60 centimetres Object Type: flask Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red I Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped