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Accession_Number REDMG:1953.25.106
Shape Fragment
Shape_description Fragment
Material Terracotta; marble; plaster
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 10YR 8/1
Decoration Large fragment of coloured relief from a larger work (building or fireplace for example). Flat upper surface. Decoration, from top to bottom: red line; band of red with semi-circular patterns with leaf patterns; band divided into blocks painted into different colours (blue, red, green from left to right). Inside the red panel is a drawing in white of a four legged animal with a tail, possibly a bull.
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Condition Colours remain vibrant and in blocks. The design has remained clear. The drawing of the animal has worn a little but is still visible.
Technique/Style Relief
Provenance
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Date
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Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.93.0140.jpg
Front view of a fragment, showing decoration.
Comparanda RM.25.53.107
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Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 6.8
Diameters 13.4
Handle_height
Other_dims. Max. th. 6.0
Location Household
Edited_by Denise; Joana Varela
Date_edited 15.08.2002; 18.04.2017
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