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Accession_Number

29.11.7

Shape

Kylix

Shape_description

Rhitsona g 139 type

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Boeotian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 6/6

Decoration

The rim turns sharply out and has a thick black band round it, below which is a thick reserved band. The interior is mostly black with a well (approx 3.7 cm) in the centre of the dish that has a thin reserved band just outside it, and a small reserved disk in the centre. The handles are rounded at the far end, and have black tips. On the main zone; A: Curling tendril and leaf between upright palmettes. B to A, with addition of vertical wavy line between palmette on right and handle. Below is a thin coloured band, a reserved band, and then colour down to and including the stem of the foot. The edge of the foot has two ridges on it, the lower of which is black, the upper one reserved. The base of the rim is also reserved. The base of the foot slopes inwards, the walls of the slope are red, then the centre is reserved except for a thin red band and a red dot in the centre.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact. There is one chip on the edge of the rim, as well as a bit of wear. There is evidence of greyish/white deposit most noticeably around the rim and below one of the handles. Main zone in fairly good condition, with the usual evidence of wear and small scratches all over the surface. A large area of the the firing is red instead of black. There is a small whole in the stem of the foot, and some whitish/grey deposit around the edge of the foot and inside the base.

Technique/Style

Black figure

Provenance

Probably from Tanagra

Period

High Classical

Date

440-430

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2002.97.0200.jpg	Oblique view of black figure kylix, showing the interior and part of the exterior pattern.
2002.97.0201.jpg	Oblique view of black figure kylix showing thick band of black in the centre.
2002.97.0202.jpg	View of inside of black figure kylix with reserved band around the top and in the centre.
2002.97.0203.jpg	Top view of exterior of black figure kylix, showing the black pattern which has faded to ref in some areas.
2002.97.0204.jpg	View of exterior of black figure kylix, black has faded to red in some areas.
2003.16.0006.jpg	Front view of two Boeotian Floral ware kylikes, 26.12.21 (left) and 29.11.7 (right).
2003.16.0092.jpg	Two-handled kylix, side view. Shows curling tendril and leaf between upright palmettes.
2003.18.0004.jpg	Top view of a Boeotian black-figure kylix, showing the interior.
2003.18.0008.jpg	Oblique view, from slightly below, of a Boeotian Floral-ware kylix, showing base and palmette frieze on the exterior.
2004.11.0007.jpg	View of exterior of black figure kylix, black has faded to red in some areas.
2004.11.0008.jpg	View of inside of black figure kylix with reserved band around the top and in the centre.