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Fragment of chalice
Greek, East Greek
Archaic Period
about 610 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .068 x .045
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.532
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 305.3.
DescriptionFragment of broad conical foot of a Chian, perhaps Wild Goat Style, vessel, most likely a chalice. The exterior has a white slip and is decorated with a band of alternating lotus flowers and buds separated by dots and with added red, between lines, a dot and billet pattern band between lines, and a band at the edge of the foot.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 28, 1885: voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over February 1886. (Accession date: 1886).