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lip-cup
Object Type
lip-cup
Museum number
1888,0601.595
Description
Rim sherd of Attic black-figured pottery lip-cup; interior: reserved band at rim, glazed black below; top of lip glazed; exterior: black band at junction of lip with body; on lip, black-figure decoration consisting of Pegasos galloping to right with wings re-curved (tail and part of head missing); added red stroke on flank and wing; added white on mane and dots on wing.
Producer name
Attributed to:
The Centaur Painter
((Heesen))
Cultures/periods
Attic
Archaic Greek
Production date
540BC-530BC
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Attica (Greece)
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Naukratis
Materials
pottery
Ware
Black Figure
Technique
painted
incised
Dimensions
Height:
2.40 centimetres
Thickness:
0.30 centimetres
(about)
Width:
3.50 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum
(B601.36)
Venit 1982 / Painted Pottery from the Greek Mainland found in Egypt, 640-450 BC
(p. 388, no. B554)
Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt
(GA.0576)
(Phase 1)
Heesen 2011 / Athenian Little-Master Cups
(p. 319, no. 608bis, pl. 158c)
(attribution to Centaur Painter)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
mythical figure/creature
Associated names
Representation of:
Pegasus
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Acquisition date
1888
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1888,0601.595