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Accession_Number 26.4.3A-B
Shape Stamnos-pyxis
Shape_description Miniature
Material Terracotta
Fabric Euboean
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 7.5YR 7/6
Decoration Lid has small knob for handling. Shoulder (lid surface) is decorated with four palmettes seperated by lotus's, the rim of the ld is black as is the inside of the vessel. The underside of the lid is reserved. A wave pattern decorates the body whilst the underside and foot are black. The base is reserved.
Inscriptions
Condition One handle is missing entirely and the other one is only part there. There are orange and white deposits on the underside of the body and the black on the inside has worn to a dark brown color. The rim of the lid has a large fragment missing.
Technique/Style Black figure; floral ware
Provenance
Period Late Classical
Date 425-375
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Front view of a miniature Euboean floral-ware stamnos-pyxis, with its lid.

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Front view of a miniature Euboean floral-ware stamnos-pyxis.

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Front view of a the lid of a miniature Euboean floral-ware stamnos-pyxis.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, pl. 18.5; Ure 1970, 268
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 8.2
Diameters Stamnos-pyxis: rim 10.2; base 5.0. Lid: rim 11.0
Handle_height
Other_dims. H. body 4.9
Location 10
Edited_by Faye Cheesman
Date_edited 09.07.2003
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