Bichrome Barrel-Flask - image 1

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Bichrome Barrel-Flask

Pottery barrel-flask or juglet in Bichrome ware; wheel-made; barrel-shaped body with a nipple in the centre of each rounded end; narrow neck and a flaring trumpet mouth; single vertical loop handle from shoulder to neck; buff clay and slip, decorated in brown and red-purple paint: concentric circles on each end of the barrel, single broad purple band below the rim. Object Type: flask Ware: Bichrome Ware Series: Bichrome III Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Date

900 - 750 BC

Accession No.

1908,0411.38

Collection

British Museum

Provenance