Black-finned skyphos, Greek ceramics, early 4th century BC, Attica, thick-walled cup skyphos with deep bowl on a low profiled foot. Interior stamped ornament with six palmettes; inside the circle two concentric circles with ovules between them; surrounded by a band of ovules between two engraved lines. Outer part of the foot decorated with concentric circular elements. Varnish evenly distributed, matte, visible turning marks; admixtures: mica pyroxene. Clay color 2.5 YR 6/6 light red; varnish color 10 YR 2/1 black. Vessel: height 10.4 cm, width 23.5 cm, depth 16.6 cm, weight 0.456 kg, foot diameter 8.2 cm., A black glazed ceramic bowl with a rounded body and a flared rim, shown from the front on a neutral gray background; the bowl has a pair of looped handles that arc from the rim to the shoulder, a raised circular foot, and several small chips and worn spots revealing a lighter color beneath; colors visible include black, gray, and small areas of a light beige where the glaze is worn.
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Black-finned skyphos, Greek ceramics, early 4th century BC, Attica, thick-walled cup skyphos with deep bowl on a low profiled foot. Interior stamped ornament with six palmettes; inside the circle two concentric circles with ovules between them; surrounded by a band of ovules between two engraved lines. Outer part of the foot decorated with concentric circular elements. Varnish evenly distributed, matte, visible turning marks; admixtures: mica pyroxene. Clay color 2.5 YR 6/6 light red; varnish color 10 YR 2/1 black. Vessel: height 10.4 cm, width 23.5 cm, depth 16.6 cm, weight 0.456 kg, foot diameter 8.2 cm., A black glazed ceramic bowl with a rounded body and a flared rim, shown from the front on a neutral gray background; the bowl has a pair of looped handles that arc from the rim to the shoulder, a raised circular foot, and several small chips and worn spots revealing a lighter color beneath; colors visible include black, gray, and small areas of a light beige where the glaze is worn.

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Black-finned skyphos Greek ceramics early 4th century BC Attica thick-walled cup skyphos deep bowl low profiled foot Interior stamped ornament six palmettes inside circle two concentric circles ovules them surrounded band two engraved lines Outer part foot decorated concentric circular elements Varnish evenly distributed matte visible turning marks admixtures mica pyroxene Clay color 2.5 YR 6 6 light red varnish color 10 YR 2 1 black Vessel height 10.4 cm width 23.5 cm depth 16.6 cm weight 0.456 kg foot diameter 8.2 cm black glazed ceramic bowl rounded body flared rim shown front neutral gray background bowl pair looped handles arc rim shoulder raised circular foot several small chips worn spots revealing lighter color beneath colors visible include black gray small areas light beige glaze worn.

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