eye-cup;
stemless cup(possibly)
- Museum number
- AshmLoan.228
- Description
-
Rim sherd (mended from two fragments) of Attic black-figured pottery eye-cup or stemless eye-cup; interior: reserved band at rim, glazed black below; top of rim glazed; exterior: line near rim; below, at left, part of eye (trace of added white of eye remaining); vines with bunches of grapes; at right, black-figure naked figure, possibly a female (head with two added red patches on hair, right arm, torso and buttocks remaining), moving to right and looking back.
- Production date
- 490BC-480BC (circa)
- Dimensions
-
Diameter: 22 centimetres
-
Height: 4.30 centimetres
-
Thickness: 0.30 centimetres
-
Width: 4.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
-
Object owned and held by the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. This record is included in the British Museum database as part of the Museum’s Naukratis Project, a research collaboration that aims to virtually re-unite finds from the ancient port city of Naukratis, now distributed over 80 museums worldwide.
-
According to Venit, the figures represented are a satyr (whose tail she identifies somewhere on the left) and maenad and she attributes the vessel to the Campana Painter.
For other vessels by the Camapana Painter, see ABV, 653-4.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- External
- Registration number
- AshmLoan.228
- Additional IDs
-
Miscellaneous number: AN1896-1908-G.1072 (Accession Number)