Spouted Pot

73-25-15

From: Greece | Attica | Athens

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 73-25-15
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Attic
Provenience Greece | Attica | Athens
Manufacture Location Attica
Date Made 6th century BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Black Figure
Iconography Sphinx | Lions
Description

Black-figured spouted bowl, minature. Low ring foot, spreading in profile. Gtst. diam. of body at shoulder. Offset rim, flat on top. Spout and uptilted loop handles on shoulder. Glazed except for foot (inside and out) and areas reserved for decoration: shoulder between handles and spout, and top of lip. Splotchy glazed blobs on top of lip. On one side of spout a bird(?) and a rosette, on the other a lion(?), both figures facing spout. On the opposite shoulder, l. to r., a sphinx facing r., a rosette, a pair of confronted lions(?), and a rosette. Intact.

Height 5.5 cm
Outside Diameter 10 cm
Credit Line Gift of Robert H. Bates, 1973
Other Number L-224-21 - Old Loan Number

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