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column krater
Object Type
column krater
Museum number
AshmLoan.470
Description
Shoulder sherd of Corinthian black-figured pottery column-krater; interior: glazed black; exterior: black band at junction with neck; on shoulder, black-figure decoration consisting of facing heads of two beardless dancers, both with hair-bands; added red on garment of figure at left; part of hand from another figure at far left.
Producer name
Attributed to:
Klyka Group
Cultures/periods
Middle Corinthian
Archaic Greek
Production date
595BC-570BC
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Corinth
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Naukratis
Materials
pottery
Ware
Black Figure
Technique
painted
incised
Dimensions
Height:
3.50 centimetres
Thickness:
0.60 centimetres
Width:
7.50 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.
For parallels, see British Museum 1924,1201.1305, 1924,1201.1155, 1924,1201.1304, Cambridge Museum of Classical Archaeology NA173 and NA174.
Bibliographic references
Venit 1982 / Painted Pottery from the Greek Mainland found in Egypt, 640-450 BC
(p. 107, no. A167)
Möller 2000 / Naukratis, Trade in Archaic Greece
(p. 220, no. 52)
Amyx 1988 / Corinthian Vase-Painting of the Archaic Period
(p. 200, no. D6)
Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt
(GB.007)
(Phase 1)
CVA Oxford II / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum Great Britain 9 Oxford fasicule 2
(p. 71, pl. VI, no. 14)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
dancer
Previous owner
Currently owned by:
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Department
External
Registration number
AshmLoan.470
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
AN1888.185 [i]
(Accession Number)
Miscellaneous number:
V.188.i
(2nd Accession Number)