bowl

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Object Type
Description: Fragment of lower wall of North Ionian black-figured pottery bowl; interior, from the top: glazed with incised lotus and bud frieze with added red and white, above alternating red and white bands; reserved metope and triglyph frieze of dots and triple verticals; at the centre, the tip of a ray or bud. On the slipped exterior, frieze of rays, with four lines below. The exterior paint fired to weak red (10 R 4/4) and red (10 R 5/6).
School/style
Cultures/periods: East Greek; Archaic Greek
Production date: 600BC-575BC
Production place: Made in: North Ionia
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Naukratis
Materials
Technique: painted; incised; slipped
Dimensions: Height: 7.20 centimetres; Thickness: 0.90 centimetres; Width: 6 centimetres
Curator's comments: Compare Alexandria 17256, not from the same bowl.
Bibliographic references: Venit 1988 / Greek Painted Pottery from Naukratis in Egyptian Museums (p. 25, no. 84 pl. 23); Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt (GG.159)
Location: Not on display
Department: External
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 9327 (Accession Number)

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