
Archaic
Black-on-Red Perfume Flask
Pottery perfume flask or juglet in Black-on-Red ware; ovoid-globular body with a narrow neck flaring to a wide, everted rim; flat base; arched handle from shoulder to neck-ridge; orange-pink clay with a red-orange matt slip, decorated in black paint: parallel bands on the body and neck; surface very eroded in places, part of rim missing. Object Type: flask; juglet Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red II; Black-on-Red III Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped
Date
750 - 475 BC
Accession No.
1880,0710.85
Collection
British Museum
Provenance
- Amathus (?)
- Limassol (city) (?)