Stamnos

Description

Stamnos of pottery painted in the Six's technique, in red on black glaze with a floral scroll terminating in lotus flowers and palmettes: Ancient Mediterranean, Ancient Greek, Attic, late 6th - early 5th century BC, c. 525 - 500 BC

Museum reference

A.1881.44.28

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Stamnos

Production information

Unknown
Attica, ANCIENT GREECE
ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN

Date

Classical
Late 6th - early 5th century BC

Style / Culture

Ancient Greek
Attic, Ancient Greek
Six's Technique

Materials

Pottery

Physical description

Earthenware, painted in red on black glaze (red figure: Six technique)

Associations

Bale Collection

Exhibitions

• Artistic Legacies (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Artistic Legacies (29 Jul 2011 - 2018)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Philippaki, Stamnos, 25-6, 28

Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, (EDINBURGH, The National Museums of Scotland) GREAT BRITAIN, Fascicule 16, p. 21, pl.17. 11-13

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 5 »
world cultures, artistic legacies