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Large Greek Attic High-Gloss Blackware Skyphos, 5th century B.C. A blackware skyphos of exceptional quality comprising a deep bowl and two loop handles set below the rim, waisted foot with carinated rim, concentric rings in natural terracotta with black and white pigment to the underside; restored. See Hoppin, J. C. and Gallatin, A.-E., Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum; USA 1, Hoppin and Gallatin Collections, Cambridge, 1926, p.109, Gallatin pl.64.4. 496 grams, 28.6 cm wide (11 1/4 in.). From the private collection of David Akehurst, Curator of the British Museum Greek and Roman Department 1948-1982, thence by descent. A similar, though less well-preserved example is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York under accession number 41.162.228.
londres, United Kingdom
