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Description: | Decoration : female bust facing left surrounded by a floral pattern., A one handled jug. This example is mug shaped with areas of the rim missing, painted black on the interior of the rim which is joined at the rear by a double reeded handle, leaving a triangular hole where they come together curving into the shoulder. The underside of the rim/neck is decorated with a wave pattern facing left, with a small reserved band above the main decoration, which extends over the shoulder. It depicts a woman's head facing left, wearing a stephane (diadem), an elabourate sakkos (hat) with concentric lines of crosses, dots and tongues in tan and black, a beaded necklace in tan/white and large drop earings. She has a beauty spot near her lips. In front of her, above the eyebrow and below her chin are a group of three dotswith a squiggle in front of her lips, possibly representing a flower, all in tan paint. Behind her in field, a rosette with dots at the end of each petal in tan. She is bounded on each side by framing florals, with a large palmette between them to the rear with a dot at the bottom. Below, a black band with a reserved band on either side, then a large black band descending to a high foot in two degrees, with the upper reserved and the lower in black. The base is unpainted but has a letter 'B' in pencil in the centre.,
Accession number: NCM 1921-32 | Subjects: | GREEK food and drink? objects of indeterminate use (containers) ceramics APULIAN | Temporal: | 399BC-200BC | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | ITALY? | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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