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phiale
Object Type
phiale
Museum number
1888,0601.568
Description
Attic Silhouette style pottery miniature omphalos phiale (reconstructed from four sherds and added plaster); interior: narrow added red band below rim above painted decoration consisting of four swans and part of two others, ro right; red on body and wing of each bird and rows of short black strokes above and below; part of red band preserved near centre of tondo; exterior: four brownish black streaky bands of varying thickness.
Producer name
Attributed to:
The Swan Group
Cultures/periods
Attic
Archaic Greek
Production date
550BC-525BC
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Attica (Greece)
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Sanctuary of Aphrodite (Naukratis)
, Context Φ3, Φ4 or Φ7.
Materials
pottery
Ware
Silhouette
Technique
painted
incised
Dimensions
Diameter:
6.60 centimetres
(about)
Height:
1.70 centimetres
Curator's comments
On the Swan Group, see Boardman, J., Athenian Black Figure Vases. London, 1974, 179. For the swans and strokes, compare the pyxis in Agora XXIII, pl. 90, no. 1281 (dated first half 6th century BC). A similar piece from Naukratis is Heidelberg, Antikenmuseum S74.
Bibliographic references
Gardner 1888 / Naukratis II
(p. 43, pl. IX, no. 8)
Beazley 1944 / Groups of Early Attic Black Figure
(p. 55)
(listed as no. A537)
ABV / Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters
(P. 655, no. 31)
Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt
(GA.0753)
(Phase 1)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
bird
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Acquisition date
1888
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1888,0601.568