dinos (possibly); krater (possibly)

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dinos(possibly); krater(possibly)

Object Type: dinos (possibly); krater (possibly)
Museum number: 1888,0601.586
Description: Body sherd (mend from two fragments) of Clazomenian black-figured pottery dinos or krater; interior reserved; exterior: black-figure decoration consisting of bird or siren in flight to left (part of left wing with blobs in added white inside small scale-like feathers, a band in added red on wing and alternating red and white feathers remaining); below it, part of hull and prow of ship sailing to right with heads of five rowers, all with red hair, facing left; white blob on prow and stripe on gunwale; below ship, back of a dolphin to left; white waves, thinly applied, covering dolphin and part of hull.
Cultures/periods: East Greek; Archaic Greek
Production date: 560BC-550BC (circa)
Production place: Made in: Clazomenae
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Sanctuary of the Dioskouroi (Naukratis) (Register)
Materials
Ware
Technique: painted; incised
Dimensions: Height: 11 centimetres; Thickness: 0.90 centimetres; Width: 14.30 centimetres
Curator's comments: The scene has been interpreted as Odysseus and the Sirens. However, as Cook points out, a single ship would not of itself extend across the space available on the pot. The sherd probably belongs to the same vase as British Museum 1900,0214.1.
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (B103.19); CVA British Museum 8 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 13, British Museum 8 (p. 20, pl. VII, no. 1); Möller 2000 / Naukratis, Trade in Archaic Greece (p.260, no.2); Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt (GH.057) (Phase 1); Gardner 1888 / Naukratis II (p. 31)
Location: On display (G13/dc7)
Subjects: feast/banquet; siren; classical mythology; boat/ship
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1888
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1888,0601.586

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