Archaic I

Black-On-Red Lekythos

Pottery two-handled perfume flask or lekythos in Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; globular body on a flat base; narrow neck with ridge, flaring to a trumpet mouth; pair of opposing arching handles from shoulder to neck ridge; buff clay and bright red slip, decorated in black paint: solid bands on mouth and neck, bands of fine parallel lines around the shoulder with groups of large and small concentrics on body and shoulder. Dimensions: Diameter: 4.40 centimetres; Height: 13 centimetres Object Type: perfume-flask; lekythos Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red II Techniques: wheel-made; slipped; painted