Skyphos Fragment

MS5914

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5914
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Attic
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Attica
Date Made 500-450 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Red Figure
Iconography Owl | Olive Branch
Description

Fragment of skyphos, type b (glaux). To left, upright olive branch and upright central stem with two olives. To right, front parts of owl, standing, head frontal, one eye preserved. Red wash on figured areas. Three joining fragments preserved profile from lip to lower wall.

Height 5.5 cm
Width 5.3 cm
Outside Diameter 7.2 cm

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