Black-On-Red Perfume Flask - image 1

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Black-On-Red Perfume Flask

Pottery perfume flask or juglet in Black-on-Red ware; globular body with a narrow neck and flaring trumpet-mouth; neck-ridge; flat base; buff clay with a orange-red matt slip decorated with black concentric bands and a single group of concentric circles on the shoulder; ladder pattern on handle; small chip on the rim. Dimensions: Height: 8.30 centimetres Object Type: lekythos; aryballos Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red I; Black-on-Red II Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped

Date

850 - 600 BC

Accession No.

1982,0729.557

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Salamis (Cyprus) (?)
  • Kourion (?)
  • Gastria (?)