askos

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Object Type: askos
Museum number: 1850,0302.1
Description: Pottery: red-figured askos. (a) Satyr or Pan and dog. (b) Bearded satyr, reclining on the ground to right, looking round, his left leg bent beneath him, resting the weight of his body on his right hand. Drawing fairly good. Brown inner markings.
Cultures/periods: Attic
Production date: 470BC-400BC
Production place: Made in: Attica (Greece)
Materials: pottery
Ware: Red Figure
Technique: painted
Dimensions: Height: 6.95 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (E735); Old Catalogue / A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (961*)
Location: On display (G20a/dc13)
Subjects: satyr; dog; classical deity (?)
Associated names: Representation of: Pan/Faunus (?)
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Dr Emil Braun (sale); Purchased through: Christie's; Purchased through: Farrer
Acquisition date: 1850
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1850,0302.1
Conservation: Treatment: 26 Jul 2000

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