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cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/47.7.2

Accession_Number

47.7.2

Shape

Askos

Shape_description

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Attic

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 5/6

Decoration

Round, flat body with vertical spout at one end with a flared mouth. Single curved handle stretches from the rim of the mouth to the back of the body. All black apart from two designs. One one side is a panther, with detail picked out in black paint and whose face is in an odd perspective. On the other side is a dog, with black and brown paint used for detail. Reserved line runs asround the body below the animals. The base is red and flat.

Inscriptions

Condition

Almost intact apart from a chip to the mouth; slightly chips on the surface, and worn on the top of the handle and the mouth. Animals remain clear and the gloss is shiny apart from around base which is a little streaky.

Technique/Style

Red figure

Provenance

From Poli, Cyprus

Period

Classical

Date

425-400

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.24.0002.jpg	Top view of an Attic red-figure askos, showing the handle between a panther (top) and a dog (bottom).
2003.24.0006.jpg	Front side view of an Attic red-figure askos, showing a crouching dog, facing right.
2003.93.0243.jpg	Oblique (right) side view of an Attic red-figure askos, showing a dog.
2003.93.0249.jpg	Oblique (left) side view of an Attic red-figure askos, showing a panther.
2003.93.0252.jpg	Oblique view of an Attic red-figure askos, showing a panther.
2003.97.0722.jpg	Top view of an Attic red-figure askos, showing the handle between the dog (top) and panther (bottom).
2003.97.0723.jpg	Oblique view of an Attic red-figure askos, showing a panther.
2003.97.0724.jpg	Oblique view of an Attic red-figure askos, showing a dog.
2003.97.0725.jpg	Front view of the bottom of an Attic red-figure askos, showing the reserved base.
2004.95.0074.jpg	Top view of an Attic red-figure askos, showing the handle between the dog (top) and panther (bottom).
2004.95.0075.jpg	Front view of the bottom of an Attic red-figure askos, showing the reserved base.
2004.95.0076.jpg	Front view of an Attic red-figure askos, howing a dog.
2004.95.0077.jpg	Front view the back of an Attic red-figue askos.
2004.95.0078.jpg	Front view of an Attic red-figure askos, showing the panther.
2011.03.0022.jpg	Front view of an Attic red-figure askos, showing the panther.
2016.99.0063.jpg	Oblique (right) side view of an Attic red-figure askos, showing a dog.