Kantharos

Skyphos

MS268

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Greece

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS268
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Attic
Provenience Greece
Manufacture Location Attica
Date Made 400-380 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Black Glaze
Description

Unglazed: juncture of stem and bowl; resting surface of foot; area within foot on underside. On underside are wheel-painted a thin line circle within a broad circular band. Otherwise fully glazed. In the center of the floor are impressed: four stamped palmettes within a wheel-grooved line. Around these are impressed, over a wheel-grooved line, a line of closely spaced small, ovoid impressions. Intact. Medium quality black glaze. 5602 is painted on inside of foot.

Height 6.5 cm
Outside Diameter 11.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Francis C. Macauley, Esq., 1890
Other Number 5602 - Old Museum Number

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