Archaic I

Black-on-Red Bowl

Large pottery bowl in Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; deep carinated body on a raised ring base; wide rim, chamfered inwards and slightly everted rim on the outside; pair of opposing triple-rib handles; orange clay and matt red slip, decorated in black paint: bands of fine concentric circles around the body, inside and out, geometric decoration below each handle; group of concentric circles underneath the base; surface calcinated and worn in many places; side of vessel cracked below one of the handles. Dimensions: Diameter: 34 centimetres; Height: 11.50 centimetres Object Type: bowl Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red II Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped