Archaic I

Black-on-Red Wide-mouthed Jar

Large pottery stamnos or wide-mouthed jar in Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; deep body, slightly angular at the top and bottom, on a turned ring base; narrow, flat disc-like rim; pair of opposing double-loop handles in quasi-zoomorphic form; orange-yellow clay and orange-red slip, decorated in black paint: on both sides of the body are panels comprising latticed chequer-board between vertical parallel; horizontal bands of fine parallel lines around the body; on the rim, groups of transverse strokes at intervals; solid handles. Dimensions: Height: 21 centimetres Object Type: stamnos Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red III; Black-on-Red IV Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped