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Accession_Number

REDMG:1951.134.1

Shape

Deep skyphos

Shape_description

Plain rounded rim, body nearly vertical at top and curving into a deep bowl, which narrows to a short stem attached to a disk foot with a rounded resting surface, small underside pointed at centre. Two horseshoe-shaped horizontal round handles, attached slightly below the rim.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Apulian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

10YR 7/4

Decoration

Black interior and handle; beneath each handle a palmette, flanked by tendrils; on each side a wave band, to right, above a woman's head, profile to left, surrounded by tendrils. Banded decoration below is comprised of a reserved band just below the figural scene, a pair of red bands above the foot, a red band on the upper surface of the foot, and reserved area at the centre of the underside. The common use of red stain to effect a red (ruddled) surface on reserved areas is highlighted in this example by the almost complete loss of black glaze towards the foot, where the ruddled intervening bands strongly contrast with the buff/reserved (formerly black glazed) areas.

Inscriptions

Condition

Missing one handle; join with body shows signs of a previous restoration. Surface dulled, especially on interior; some loss of glaze, especially around the foot, where only the ruddled patches remain; cracked just above foot.

Technique/Style

Red figure; ruddled; added colour (white and yellow)

Provenance

From Corinth

Period

Late Classical / Early Hellenistic

Date

340-310

Dating_details

Artist

Ark Painter

Attribution

Trendall and Cambitoglou, RFVA 2.714.798

Image

2003.93.0331.jpg	Side A of an Apulian red-figure skyphos, showing a female head, profile to the left.
2003.93.0380.jpg	Side A of an Apulian red-figure skyphos, showing a female head, profile to the left.
2003.93.0381.jpg	Side A of an Apulian red-figure skyphos, showing a female head, profile to the left.
2003.97.0954.jpg	Side A of an Apulian red-figure skyphos, showing a female head, profile to the left.
2003.97.0955.jpg	Side B of an Apulian red-figure skyphos, showing a female head, profile to the left.
2003.97.0956.jpg	Top view of an Apulian red-figure skyphos, showing the inside of the cup.
2003.97.0957.jpg	Bottom view of an Apulian red-figure skyphos, showing the reserved base.
2004.99.0764.jpg	Front view of an Apulian deep skyphos, showing a female head with profile to the left.
2004.99.0765.jpg	Front view of an Apulian deep skyphos, showing a female head with profile to the left.
2004.99.0766.jpg	Front view of an Apulian deep skyphos, showing a palmette and one of the handles.
2004.99.0767.jpg	Front view of an Apulian deep skyphos, showing a female head with profile to the left.
2004.99.0768.jpg	Front view of an Apulian deep skyphos, showing a palmette and where a handle has broken off.