Archaic I

Zoomorphic Handle Bowl

Large pottery bowl in Black-on-Red ware with zoomorphic handles; deep, slightly carinated body on a high ring base; slight concavity on the plain rim; two opposing handles, double-arched with a ram's head in the middle; buff-pink fabric and dark red slip (worn in many places), decorated in black paint: banded decoration on the exterior and inside just below the rim, handles also painted; the body of the vase has been distorted in firing. Dimensions: Diameter: 30.50 centimetres; Height: 11.50 centimetres Object Type: bowl Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red II Techniques: painted; slipped; wheel-made