Object Description
An exceptionally fine, smallAncient Cypriot ‘Black-on-Red ware’ terracotta juglet. The vessel features a globular body with a flat, circular base. A cylindrical neck, adorned with an encircling ridge, develops to a wide, flared mouth. A handle curves from the shoulder of the body and meets the neck just below the ridge. The vessel is carefully adorned with four horizontal, even, encircling bands of dark pigment around the body. Pigment also features around the base and ridge of the neck, at the lip of the mouth, and upon the handle. The surface displays a glossy finish, alongside some scratches, indentations and minor earthy encrustations.
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Date: Circa 1000-600 BC