pitcher
- Museum number
- 1977,1211.3
- Description
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Pottery pitcher.
Clay: orange-brown clay, brown and white grits, mica, semilustrous paint.
Shape: Sharply concave neck, plump ovoid body, ring foot; strap handle rising above rim with two vertical grooves, attached to neck by a strut.
Decoration: Latticed wolftooth below rim. Neck: in centre, double meander above single zigzag, flanked by quatrefoil metopes with latticed triangles, between columns of latticing and diagonal bars; dotted lozenge chains above and below. Shoulder: two-legged birds in silhouette with diagonal rows of dots; single zigzag Below: zones of dotted lozenge chain, another similar bird frieze, check pattern, dotted lozenge chain, tangential circles with dots in the field, lines, paint on foot. Groups of bars on rim. Handle: bars down the edges; between the grooves, serpent bordered by dots.
- Production date
- 730BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 20 centimetres (of rim)
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Height: 47.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- CVA:
Typical of this painter is the file of small silhouette birds standing on two stiff legs, accompanied by diagonal rows of dots. In addition to the bird files, another characteristic of this painter is the double meander with this particular orientation.
Bibliography: Davison 56, A 4, pl. 75 (there cited as ‘A 362’); GGP 67, X.9.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Complete but for break on handle; traces of burning inside.
- Acquisition date
- 1753-1850
- Acquisition notes
- Previously unregistered.
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1977,1211.3