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Accession_Number

26.4.2

Shape

Kylix

Shape_description

The handles are almost a rectangle shape, and are shaped to angle straight out from the edge of the Kylix, turning up slightly at the end.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Boeotian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

Decoration

The rim on the outside has a thick black band round it, which stops at the top of the handles. On both sides of the handle, the same images are repeated, showing the figure of a bird in between two palmettes with stems ending in a curling ventril with a pendant pointing down towards the foot. Beneath each handle is an ivy leaf with a curled stem. Below these images, is a thin black band, and then a thick one that also encompasses the top side of the foot. The edge of the foot is grooved and reserved, as is the outer rim of the base of the foot. On the base of the foot, there is a well approx 3.8cm wide and 1.5cm deep. The inside of this well and a rim around the edge is fired black, but is mostly red. The inside of the Kylix shows a thin black band that has been extended from the outside. Then there is a thin reserved band, the rest of the inside entirely glazed, except for a small reserved circle in the centre.

Inscriptions

Condition

Complete but stuck back together from eight(?) seperate pieces. The glaze both inside and out is very worn, and the rim shows chipping and flaking. The inside of the pot is not completely smooth and there is a grey/white deposit, especially around the inner rim. Both of the handles have a lot of the same grey/white deposit on them, as well as big worn patches on the glaze. There is more deposit on the outside, especially around the foot. The surface outside is also in fairly bad condition, the surface revealing lots of small scratches and chips. The top of the foot has two significant chips in it but other than that it is in good condition, showing only small cracks running through the glaze in the well on the underneath of the foot.

Technique/Style

Floral ware

Provenance

Thebes

Period

Date

420

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2002.97.0264.jpg	Front view of a shallow black gloss Boeotian kylix.
2002.97.0265.jpg	Front view of a shallow black gloss Boeotian kylix.
2002.97.0266.jpg	Top view of black gloss shallow kylix with almost retangular handles on either side
2002.97.0267.jpg	Top view of Beoetian kylix showing base and exterior decorated with palmettes and two birds, one on either side.
2003.16.0009.jpg	Front view of a Boeotian Floral-ware kylix, showing a bird between two palmettes.
2003.16.0097.jpg	Side view of kylix. Decoration shows bird, facing left, flanked by palmettes.
2003.18.0001.jpg	Front view of a Boeotian Floral-ware kylix, showing a bird facing left, between two palmettes.