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Black-on-Red Amphoriskos

Pottery amphoriskos in Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; depressed ovoid body on a rolled, ring base; wide cylindrical neck with a flat, everted rim; pair of opposing loop handles from shoulder to rim; buff clay with a deep lustrous red slip, decorated in black paint: parallel horizontal bands on the body and isolated concentric circles. Object Type: amphora Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red I Techniques: painted; slipped; wheel-made

Date

900 - 750 BC

Accession No.

EA47990

Collection

British Museum

Provenance