skyphos

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Object Type
Description: Rim and wall sherd of Attic red-figured pottery skyphos (type A); interior glazed black; exterior: red-figure decoration consisting of upper part of youth with body facing front, head turned to the left, wearing chlamys; petasos slung behind his neck, fillet with two leaves in faded added red on head.
Producer name
Cultures/periods: Attic; Classical Greek
Production date: 440BC-430BC
Production place: Made in: Attica (Greece)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Naukratis
Materials
Ware
Technique
Dimensions: Thickness: 0.40 - 0.60 centimetres; Height: 5.70 centimetres; Width: 3.70 centimetres
Curator's comments: Compare Cambridge 4.12 (ARV2 1276, 3; CVA Cambridge (1) 27 pl.37,2) ; London 1920,1221.1 (ARV2 1277, 23; Boardman ARFV Classical (1996) fig. 243). Also published in CVA Bonn (1), p.23 pl.22.9.
Bibliographic references: Piekarski 2001 / Die Keramik aus Naukratis im Akademischen Kunstmuseum Bonn (p.42 no. C 20 pl. 15.4); ARV / Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters (1278, 32); Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt (GA.1297)
Location: Not on display
Department: External
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 697.112 (Accession Number)

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