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Fragment of heavy chalice

Greek, East Greek
Archaic Period
early 6th century B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis, Temple of Aphrodite

Medium/Technique Ceramic
Dimensions Legacy dimension: .121 by .078
Credit Line Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number88.1069
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 302.6.
DescriptionFragment of a Chian Grand Style heavy chalice with a handle scar. Outside, two bands, guilloche band ending at fan pattern by handle, and feet of dancing woman in yellow glaze outline, with skirts of black glaze and of purple-red; careful four-parted flower in field; incised inscription below. Inside, solid black with white lines separating a band of point rosettes, a band of small squares in each a white or red spot, and the beginning of an elaborate pattern in white and red.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis, Temple of Aphrodite. 1886-7: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; December 22, 1887, presented to the MFA by the EEF. (Accession date: 1888).