Archaic

Black-On-Red Juglet

Pottery juglet or perfume flask in Black-on-Red ware; globular body with a narrow neck flaring to a trumpet mouth; arched handle from shoulder to neck-ridge; flat base; buff-pink clay with a matt red slip, decorated in black paint: parallel lines on the body and neck, solid handle, a single group of concentric circles on the shoulder; surfaced blackened, perhaps from over-firing. Dimensions: Height: 8.50 centimetres Object Type: juglet Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red I; Black-on-Red II Techniques: painted; slipped; wheel-made