Miniature loutrophoros

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Inventory number

ΝΑ 1957 Αα 2386

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Vessel

Period

Archaic Period

Date

575-490 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.06 m
Rim diameter: 0.028 m

Material

Clay

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 6, No 90

Description
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Miniature loutrophoros-hydria belonging to the Swan Group, decorated in the black-figure technique. It was found incomplete in 1957 at the Sanctuary of the Nymphe. The body of the vessel is decorated with a swan depicted among clusters of oblique short lines. A horizontal band surrounds the lower part of the body, while the neck and foot are accentuated with black paint.

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