bird bowl

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Object Type
Description: Rim fragment of North Ionian pottery bird-bowl or similar; interior, glazed black with added red band lined in white; exterior, set of long pendent rays; band below.
Cultures/periods: East Greek; Archaic Greek
Production date: 630BC-580BC
Production place: Made in: North Ionia; Made in: Aeolis
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Naukratis
Materials
Technique: painted; slipped
Dimensions: Thickness: 0.35 - 0.45 centimetres; Diameter: 22 centimetres (rim); Height: 4.50 centimetres; Width: 6 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Venit 1988 / Greek Painted Pottery from Naukratis in Egyptian Museums (p. 3, no. 4 pl. 2); Möller 2000 / Naukratis, Trade in Archaic Greece (p. 255); Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt (GK.23)
Location: Not on display
Department: External
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 17108 (Accession Number)

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