Accession_Number | REDMG:1935.87.28 |
Shape | Skyphos |
Shape_description | Squat skyphos. Rhitsona class K (Ure 1927, 68-69) |
Material | Terracotta |
Fabric | Attic |
Fabric_description | |
Munsell_color | 7.5YR 6/8 |
Decoration | Inside black, reserved line at lip. Two kylix handles, black on the top and reserved underrneath. Main picture is in handle zone and is similar on both sides. Shows Dionysos seated, flanked by palmettes with vines running either side of him. Detail picked out in red and white. Foot rind reserved outside, black inside. Base reserved with central dot, small ring in dripped glaze, thick black ring and near circumference also fire circles in thinned glaze. |
Inscriptions | |
Condition | Repaired but still missing some sections. Gloss remains shiny inside. Decoration is worn in small areas inside and outside at rim. |
Technique/Style | Black figure |
Provenance | |
Period | Late Archaic |
Date | 510-500 |
Dating_details | |
Artist | |
Attribution | |
Image | |
Comparanda | |
Bibliography | CVA Reading 1, pl. 11.4 |
Archive_Ref | |
Beazley_DB | 14356 |
Height | 7.8 |
Diameters | Rim 15.0; base 9.5 |
Handle_height | 0.8 |
Other_dims. | |
Location | Myth and religion |
Edited_by | Denise; Karen; Kinsey |
Date_edited | 30.08.2002; 05.04.2004; 10.01.2006 |