Archaic I

Black-on-Red Bowl

Pottery bowl in Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; deep hemispherical body on a low ring base; pair of opposing loop handles; orange clay and matt red slip, decorated with thin matt black paint: bands of narrow parallel lines around the body, concentric circles on the shoulder beneath the rim, leaf (?) motifs below each handle, solid bands on the rim and foot; surface worn in places with small chips from the rim. Dimensions: Diameter: 23.80 centimetres; Height: 13.40 centimetres Object Type: bowl Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red II Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped