patera
- Museum number
- 1865,0408.1
- Description
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Pottery: base and part of wall of Knidian relief ware patera.
Leda and the swan: Leda is nude, with hair knotted up; the swan kisses her on the mouth, and its left wing is visible behind her. Round the edge are alternate concentric circles and lozenge-shaped pendants.
- Production date
- 2ndC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 10.50 centimetres (base)
- Curator's comments
- Roman Pottery
[Cf. a mould of a medallion for attachment to a vase, published in Rev. Arch, xxxviii. (1901), p. 388, apparently made at St. Remy-en-Rollat in Gaul by one Sixtus; this relief may therefore have been imported into Syria. Cf. also for the type Β. Μ. Vases, G107 = Roscher, ii. p. 1927 and ibid. Cat. of Sculpture, iii. No. 2199; Dechelette, i. p. 43, ii. p. 6; Roscher, ii. p. 1929.]
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Lower parts of figures wanting. Rough late work; red ware, much burnt.
- Acquisition date
- 1865
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1865,0408.1