bowl

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Object Type
Description: Fragment of wall of North Ionian black-figured pottery bowl. The paint on the exterior fired to red (2.5 YR 5/6). On the glazed interior, two zones are separated by a red band lined in white; below, an incised palmette and lotus frieze; above, incised lotus and probably bud frieze; added red and white on both florals. On the slipped exterior, wild goats (their hooves remain) and a dot rosette above a stopt leftward maeander band framed by glaze bands with added red bands lined in white.
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: 4.20 centimetres; Thickness: 0.60 centimetres; Width: 5.70 centimetres
Curator's comments: See Alexandria 17256.
Bibliographic references: Venit 1988 / Greek Painted Pottery from Naukratis in Egyptian Museums (p. 25, no. 85 pl. 24); Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt (GG.162)
Location: Not on display
Department: External
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 9310 (Accession Number)

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