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Accession_Number 22.3.20
Shape Volute krater
Shape_description Moulded overhanging rim in three sections, reaching to the point of attachment of the handle on the front of the fragment.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Attic or Lucanian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 5YR 6/6
Decoration The upper overhanging section is decorated with an egg pattern; on the broad middle section is a laurel wreath, to left; on the narrow section are is a band of black dots above a thin line. The neck is decorated with a lotus-palmette frieze. The interior is glazed black.
Inscriptions
Condition Fragment
Technique/Style Black glaze
Provenance From Ruvo
Period Late Classical
Date 425-375
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.74.0098.jpg
Front view of an Attic or Lucanian red-figure rim fragment of a volute krater, showing egg pattern.

2004.74.0099.jpg
Front view of an Attic or Lucanian red-figure rim fragment of a volute krater, showing egg pattern.

2007.03.1168.jpg
Front view of an Attic or Lucanian red-figure rim fragment of a volute krater, showing egg pattern.

2007.03.1169.jpg
View of the interior of an Attic or Lucanian red-figure rim fragment of a volute krater.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, pl. 32.4
Archive_Ref reference 1
Beazley_DB
Height
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. L. 12.6; W. 7.3
Location Timeline 3 top
Edited_by Karen; Amy; Joana Varela
Date_edited 21.04.2004; 06.05.2004; 20.04.2017
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