bowl

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Object Type
Description: Fragment of rim and wall of East Greek black-figured pottery bowl. Inside glazed with friezes in added colour of tongues, diamonds and bands; outside, band of tongues at rim; two friezes below, separated by band; above, lion, head turned back, confronting griffin, whose front right paw rests on lion's head; below, part of two swans, to right; blob rosette filling ornament; some added red on animals.
School/style
Cultures/periods: Archaic Greek; East Greek
Production date: 600BC-560BC
Production place: Made in: North Ionia
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Naukratis; Excavated/Findspot: Sais (?)
Materials
Technique: painted; slipped; incised
Dimensions: Height: 10.50 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt (GG.1146); Venit 1988 / Greek Painted Pottery from Naukratis in Egyptian Museums (p.23, no.76, pl. 22); Edgar 1911 / Catalogue Générale des antiquités égyptiennes du musée du Caire, Greek Vases (pl. 2)
Location: Not on display
Department: External
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: CG26139; Miscellaneous number: JE27203.c; Miscellaneous number: SR5/1625; Miscellaneous number: V76 (?)

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