Flask (red polished I ware)
2300 BCE-1900 BCE
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
17.4 × 9.2 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1968
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Physical description
This handbuilt flask has a globular body, round base and a tall tapering neck which flares out slightly at the rim. The fabric is a combination of red and black polish. The neck and half the body are black, the base and other half of the body red. With the exception of the base region the entire vessel is decorated with incised sets of diagonal parallel lines. Some of these sets of lines are boarded with broken incised lines. Vetically incised lines accentuate the rim and two holes, either side of the rim were inserted pre-firing. Incised single and double rows of circles are also on the neck.