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Vase
Vase. in the form of a pelike, pear-shaped body on a turned circular foot, wide everted lip and stap handles, red biscuit earthenware, transfer-printed in black with Zeus seated with one seated and two standing women on one side, and with two figures in a chariot drawn by four horses on the other, all reserved against a black enamel ground, decorated at the shoulders with a running band of tendril scrolls, the rim printed with egg and dart and the interior of the lip with a wave pattern.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30151
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 37
Depth
(cm): 25.4
Height
(in): 14
Depth
(in): 10
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
enamels
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
Location
Gallery 07A South
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