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Collections / Ricerca / Greek Collection: Attic black-figure pottery

Attic black-figure ardànion

The peculiar shape of the vase must be placed in relation with containers made in perishable material (cloth or leather), probably designed to contain knucklebones.

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This type of vessel in clay is rare, probably linked to the funerary sphera due to the scene of their decoration. In this vessel in the central part there is a a grief scene: the dead is on a bed, surrounded by relatives who are singing a funerary complain.

Provenance: Palagi Collection
Datation: 550 - 530 BC
Material: clay
Dimensions: heigth cm 23
Inventory #: G 2 (PU 190)

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