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NM Ant 0083 :: skyphos

Object description: Everted rim; deep body with heavy wall; thick, almost triangular handles below rim; groove at junction between body and base; wide ring base. Yellowish brown clay; black glaze with metallic sheen; red wash. Dotted egg-pattern on rim; on one side of body a youth seated on a rock, holding a spear in his left hand and wreath in his right; on the opposite side a youth wearing a himation, holding a spear; on both sides the figures are flanked by large flowers and tendrils; palmettes beneath handles; two reserved bands encircling lower body; reserved underside.

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Inventory number

NM Ant 0083

Serie nummer

1492

Object

skyphos

Country - Origin

Italy : Europe

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Exhibitions

Sem. f. klassisk fornkunskap, Uppsala, 1921.

Object of the month, March 2007.

Acquisition

Transferred from Gustaf III:s Museum of Antiquities to the National Museum. Probably acquired by king Gustaf III in Italy.

Description

Everted rim; deep body with heavy wall; thick, almost triangular handles below rim; groove at junction between body and base; wide ring base. Yellowish brown clay; black glaze with metallic sheen; red wash. Dotted egg-pattern on rim; on one side of body a youth seated on a rock, holding a spear in his left hand and wreath in his right; on the opposite side a youth wearing a himation, holding a spear; on both sides the figures are flanked by large flowers and tendrils; palmettes beneath handles; two reserved bands encircling lower body; reserved underside.

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

4th century BC

Exhibition - Current

Study Gallery

Description: Upstairs, in interaction with the Baghdad Cafe, opened in February 2009, the upper gallery. A rich variety of objects retrieved from the museum's storerooms, many of them shown for the first time. A series of booths filled to the brim with beautiful vases functions as a traditional study collection of ancient ceramics. Other booths highlights the thematic elements of the ancient world: the subject of everyday and festive, and images of gods, humans and animals. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2009-07-13, google translate).
Time - Start: 2009-022009-02

Exhibition, Part of - Current

Study Gallery - Showcase 14:10.

Name - Owner

Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Description: Nationalmuseum is a publicly owned cultural institution.Nationalmuseum%20is%20a%20publicly%20owned%20cultural%20institution.
Source - http: www.nationalmuseum.se, collections.smvk.se

Event - Was Present At

Samlingsbesök. 2019-02-04. Galiani

Description: Collection research visit with the aim to study the Ferdinando Galiani collection from Napels, Italy, purchased and brought to Sweden by Gustav III in 1783. The objects belong to the NM Ant collection. Dr Luca Di Franco, Dr Silvio La Paglia from Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto - MArTA, Italy.

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