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Accession_Number 37.7.4
Shape Kantharos
Shape_description Vertical ring handles, spurred, starting directly from rim. Moulded foot which is concave underneath with grooved resting surface.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Attic
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 5YR 7/4
Decoration Reserved resting surface and reserved and ruddled band around outside of foot. The interior of the bowl is black with four stamped palmettes set roughly crosswise in centre with rouletted ring.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact. Small chips to rim and interior. Paint worn. Traces of white deposits in base.
Technique/Style Black glaze; stamped; rouletted
Provenance
Period Late Classical
Date 375-350
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.29.0089.jpg		Side view of an Attic black-glazed kantharos, showing handles.

2003.31.0009.jpg		Detail of the interior of an Attic black-glazed kantharos, showing stamped and rouletted decoration.

2003.31.0092.jpg		Top view of an Attic black-glazed kantharos, showing four stamped palmettes within a rouletted ring.

2003.97.0558.jpg		Oblique profile view of an Attic black-glazed kantharos, showing handles and grooved body.

2003.97.0559.jpg		Oblique profile view of an Attic black-glazed kantharos, showing handles and grooved body.

2003.97.0560.jpg		Top view of an Attic black-glazed kantharos, showing interior and tops of handles.

2003.97.0561.jpg		Bottom view of an Attic black-glazed kantharos, showing reserved resting ring.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, pl. 33.13, 35.10
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 7.3
Diameters Rim 9.4; body 7.0; foot 4.8
Handle_height 4.1
Other_dims.
Location Symposium
Edited_by Denise; Karen; Kisney; Teifi
Date_edited 22.08.2002; 21.04.2004; 10.01.2006; 01.08.2006
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