Black-on-Red plate
Artist
Unknown
Date475-400 BCE
Periodearly Classical
CultureCypriot
MediumCeramic (wheelmade) with red slip and black paint
ClassificationCeramics
ProvenanceFound by Luigi Palma di Cesnola (American Consul to Cyprus, 1865–1876); purchased by subscription by The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1874–1876; (sale, The Anderson Galleries, New York), April 20, 1928; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.570
Two holes at the edge of this large plate show that it was displayed on the wall when it was not used as tableware. Potters created a red color by using an iron-rich, red clay slip and allowing oxygen to flow in the kiln during firing.
On View
Not on viewHeight: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Thickness (wall): 3/16 in. (0.55 cm)
Rim
Width: 1 1/16 in. (2.66 cm)
Diameter (exterior): 10.0 in. (25.4 cm)
Diameter (interior): 8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm)
Base
Diameter: 2 11/16 in. (6.81 cm)
Drilled Holes
Diameter: 1/8 in. (0.36 – 0.37 cm)
Medium Details
Color
Fabric: 7.5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow)
Slip 10R 4/4 (weak red) to 10R 4/6 (red)
Paint N 2.5/ (black)
Inclusions
many small sand including lime, some large lime gravel
800-650 BCE
800-650 BCE
900-800 BCE
650-475 BCE
8th century BCE
