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chalice
Object Type
chalice
Description
Rim sherd of Chian Mature Animal Style pottery chalice; white slip; interior glazed black with traces of lotus flower in added white outline with added red centre; exterior: painted decoration consisting of lion's body to right; pendant lozenge as filling ornament.
School/style
Mature Animal Style
Cultures/periods
East Greek
Archaic Greek
Production date
610BC-580BC
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Chios
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Naukratis
Excavated/Findspot:
Sais
(?)
Materials
pottery
Technique
painted
slipped
Dimensions
Diameter:
17 centimetres
Height:
3.80 centimetres
Thickness:
0.30 centimetres
Width:
2.80 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Lemos 1991 / Archaic Pottery of Chios. The Decorated Styles
(p. 267, no. 605)
Venit 1988 / Greek Painted Pottery from Naukratis in Egyptian Museums
(p. 35, no. 125, pl. 32)
Edgar 1911 / Catalogue Générale des antiquités égyptiennes du musée du Caire, Greek Vases
(p. 12, no. 26157)
Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt
(GD.0597)
(phase 2)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
mammal
Department
External
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
CG26157
Miscellaneous number:
JE33586
(Accession Number)
Miscellaneous number:
SR5/1636
Miscellaneous number:
V76