
Geometric III
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 (?)