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MS6024A
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS6024A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cretan (uncertain) |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Archaic Greek Period | Hellenistic Period |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Description | Fragment of lip and wall of chalice (?). Gently conical profile. The lip is merely the upper termination of the wall. On the wall, over the white ground, is painted a naturalistic tendril, horizontally placed, with parts of 2 leaves, in purple-brown, and parts of 2 lotus-like flowers: brown outline filled with orange. Interior covered with white ground. Light brown clay, fairly thin. Possible from Cretan version of Naukratite chalice (?). |
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