Skyphos

MS4006

From: Italy | Rugge

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4006
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Gnathian | South Italian
Provenience Italy | Rugge
Manufacture Location South Italy
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Intact. Deep Corinthian type skyphos on a wide ring foot grooved at its upper and lower edges. Entirely covered with rather dull black glaze, except for a zone above the foot, reserved and reddened. Decoration added in white and purple: front, garland of ivy leaves and berries in the handle zone, bordered above and below by double lines; below, a horizontal band of purple over a double white line and a band of white pendants. Back, a conventional tendril - white line bordered above and below by dots - in the handle zone. Vertical white stripes on the foot.

Height 11.9 cm
Outside Diameter 9.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of S. F. Houston, 1906

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