Archaic I

Black-On-Red Oinochoe

Large pottery oinochoe or jug in Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; globular body on a turned ring base; short, wide neck with a trefoil mouth; two-ribbed handle from shoulder to rim; buff clay and orange-red slip, decorated with black paint: large concentric circles enclosing smaller concentrics arranged around a central bull's-eye motif on each side; single bull's-eye below the mouth above which is a series of concentrics arranged each side of a motif comprised of three straight lines crossing at the top; single band at the base of the neck; solid handle Dimensions: Height: 31 centimetres Object Type: oinochoe; jug Ware: Black-On-Red Ware Series: Black-on-Red IV Techniques: painted; slipped; wheel-made