Skyphos Fragment

MS5915

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5915
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 a skyphos, type B (glaux). Parts of two upright olive branches flank the lower part of an owl in profile. A leaf of a third branch at right break. A line of glaze dots at spaced intervals across lines of feathers of owl. The profile is preserved from mid-wall to point of juncture of wall foot.

Height 4 cm
Width 9.4 cm
Outside Diameter 9.5 cm

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