Agora Object: Agora XXIX, no. 459 Dimensions: | | H. 22.7; rest. Diam. of body 15.5. | Chronology: | | Ca. 175 | Deposit: | | Q 11:3 | Bibliography: | | Agora XXVII, no. 285, p. 205, pl. 56. | Published Number: | | AV 29.459 | References: | | Object: P 7038
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One handle, three-fourths of wall, half of neck, and three-fourths of rim restored; masks at bases of handles missing.
Foot: variety 2. Downturned rim with one glazed and one scraped groove below. Medallion not visible. At base of body, register of alternating old-man masks and Erotes flying right, between ridges.
Calyx: jeweled fronds with Erotes flying right between tips. Wall: dogs and other animals running right. One hunter/warrior with shield faces left confronting lion(?), arm back to throw spear. Rim: small leaf; double spirals; rosettes between ridges. Scraped groove above molded section. Neck: ivy garland framed at left and right by vertical line. Stem is two lines with white wavy line between them; leaves alternate with tendrils with white dots within their curves.
Shoulder: checkerboard flanked by concentric rectangles. Painted circle around each handle attachment. Shiny black glaze; miltos.
Probably Workshop of Bion.
For calyx cf. P 20272 (Agora XXII, no. 171, p. 65, pls. 31, 79 [M 21:1]). For shape and decoration cf. 427--429. For foot cf. P 8557 (Agora XXII, no. 407, p. 92, pl. 70 [E 6:1, lower fill]).
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