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NM Ant 0938 :: lekythos

Object description: Sloping shoulder; cylindrical body, tapering downwards; disc base. Porous, red clay; black glaze; added white (hardly visible). On shoulder one row of bars and one of rays; on body three upright palmettes inscribed in white arcs, alternating with lotus buds - incised details; lower body and base top black, except reserved band below palmettes.

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Inventory number

NM Ant 0938

Serie nummer

1036

Object

lekythos

Object, Swedish

lekyt; kärl

Country - Findspot

Greece : Europe

Place - Findspot

Milos

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Acquisition

Purchased in Greece in 1881 through the Swedish and Norwegian Consul at Piraeus, Mr. M. N. Rodocanachi.

Description

Sloping shoulder; cylindrical body, tapering downwards; disc base. Porous, red clay; black glaze; added white (hardly visible). On shoulder one row of bars and one of rays; on body three upright palmettes inscribed in white arcs, alternating with lotus buds - incised details; lower body and base top black, except reserved band below palmettes.

Time - Manufacturing, earliest