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band-cup
Object Type
band-cup
Description
Body sherd of Attic black-figured pottery band-cup; interior glazed; exterior: lip glazed; in handle zone, black-figure decoration consisting of centaur to right (part of head, chest, left arm, part of hind leg and forelegs missing; added red for hair, on back, haunches and tail), arm stretched out behind him.
Cultures/periods
Attic
Archaic Greek
Production date
550BC-525BC
Production place
Made in:
Attica (Greece)
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Naukratis
Materials
pottery
Ware
Black Figure
Technique
painted
incised
Dimensions
Height:
2.80 centimetres
Thickness:
0.25 centimetres
Width:
3 centimetres
Curator's comments
For other centaurs on band cups, see see Moore and Pease Philippides, 'The Athenian Agora xxii. Attic Black-Figured Pottery', 1986, no. 1720.
Bibliographic references
Venit 1988 / Greek Painted Pottery from Naukratis in Egyptian Museums
(p. 89 no. 299 pl. 66)
Venit 1982 / Painted Pottery from the Greek Mainland found in Egypt, 640-450 BC
(p. 404, no. B604, pl. XXVII)
Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt
(GA.1371)
(phase 3)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
centaur
Department
External
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
9539
(Accession Number)