krater
- Description
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Body sherd of Attic red-figured pottery bell-krater; interior painted black; exterior: red-figure decoration consisting of mid-bodies, frontally presented, of a male and a female figure (embroidered chiton and himation and lower body of male remaining; arm in added white wearing bracelet and part of chiton of female figure remaining); to left, part of undetermined decoration (hand?) near top of sherd; below, part of altar with white decoration.
- Production date
- 400BC-375BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.60 centimetres
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Thickness: 0.70 centimetres
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Width: 9 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Object owned and held by the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. 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.
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Same vessel as GR.153.1899, attributed by Beazley, ARV1440, no. 3 to the Oinomaos painter.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- External
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: GR.155.1899 (Accession Number)