NM Ant 1308
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skyphos

- Object description
- Thickened rim; semiglobular body; raised, P-shaped handles on mid-body; ring base. Red clay; red ochre wash; black glaze, partly misfired to red; added white. Interior black glazed (roughly half misfired to red) with reserved band on inside of rim; lip and outside of handles black glazed; on two sides of body reserved frieze with a centaur holding a branch/spear, flanked by two palmette fans - white paint and incised lines marking beard and other details on centaurs, decorative lines in relief surrounding the figures; base line and reserved band below frieze; lower body and base black glazed; reserved band on underside of base, base edge black glazed; four concentric bands on bottom, dot on bottom centre.










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