
Geometric II
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