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Corinthian skyphos with attenuated lions

Place of OriginGreece
Date6th century BCE
DimensionsMax H: 9 in. (22.1 cm); Rim Diam: 6 in. (15 cm); H: 4 3/4 in. (12 cm); Base Diam: 3 1/4 in. (8 cm)
MediumEarthenware; wheel-thrown, decorated with slip in the black-figure technique.
ClassificationCeramics
Credit LineGift of the Popplestone Family
Object number
2006.85
Not on View
DescriptionThis skyphos is painted in black figure technique with two panthers with elongated bodies, a goat, and a bird, with rosettes and dots in the background.
Published ReferencesAncient World Arts Collection A899, no. A 388.
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