Greek black-glaze stemmed dish, Athens, c.450 BC
Terracotta
Height: 5.6cm, diameter: 9.2cm
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Composed of a shallow bowl with an incurving rim and an offset collar where the concave stem joins the base of the bowl. The surface with a black glaze save...
Composed of a shallow bowl with an incurving rim and an offset collar where the concave stem joins the base of the bowl. The surface with a black glaze save for a band around the ridged, spreading foot, the resting surface and the apex of the conical underside, which are all reserved, the resting surface in particular with traces of thick miltos. A circle of brown-black on the interior of the bowl caused by stacking and subsequent misfiring in the kiln.
Intact, some small flakes to the glaze.
The stemmed dish found its greatest popularity between the late sixth century BC and the second quarter of the fifth. It is thought that the group of smaller stemmed dishes held salts and condiments, whilst the larger ones held nuts, fruit and olives.
Intact, some small flakes to the glaze.
The stemmed dish found its greatest popularity between the late sixth century BC and the second quarter of the fifth. It is thought that the group of smaller stemmed dishes held salts and condiments, whilst the larger ones held nuts, fruit and olives.
Provenance
Conrad Stibbe, the Netherlands
Dr and Mrs Louk van Roozendaal, the Netherlands;
acquired from the above 11th April 1987
Literature
Compare Beazley vase number 9009546, which was published in Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 1, pl.XLVIII, no.42