Cypriot Black-on-Red II (IV) Earthenware Juglet
Cypro- Archaic I (850–700 BC). Height 31.1cm, width 36cm. Diameter 13.5cm, diameter of rim 18cm.
A juglet with a small ring base and an almost globular body. The neck has a concave lower section with an encircling ridge, and a cylindrical, slightly flaring upper section. The mouth is funnel-shaped. An oval, raised handle extends from the ridge to the shoulder. Made of brick-coloured clay with a lustrous orange-red slip and matte black paint.
Four lines encircle the inside of the neck and five lines decorate the mouth. The upper neck is also decorated with five encircling lines. The ridge is painted, with additional lines around the lower neck and neck base. On the front shoulder, three groups of four concentric circles form a downward-pointing triangle. At the centre of the front body, below the handle, is a black concentric circle with a smaller circle in its centre. A similar motif appears on either side. Each is framed by four groups of four concentric circles, while eight vertical lines encircle the body. Below the central circle, three further groups of four concentric circles form another downward-pointing triangle.The handle is decorated with transverse strokes, and its sides are painted black.
The location and find date of the object is not recorded.
The juglet was given as a gift by L.Z. Pierides to the Crown Prince of Sweden Gustaf Adolf in 1925 and later by The Museum of National Antiquities (now the Historiska museet). In 1956 it was moved to the Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden (Inv. No.: SHM 17946:0068) jjoining objects from the SCE in the wider Cyprus collection.