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Attic vase (BC)

Artist: attributed to Altamura Painter (475 - 450 BC)

Location: Shefton Museum of Greek Art and Archaeology

Date: 460 - 450

Materials: pottery

Dimensions: 21 x 16 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £300 (Total: £600)

Vendor: Sotheby's

Review number: 2093 (1962)

Description:
A 'dinos' or mixing bowl for wine. Decorated in the red-figure technique, with a battle scene probably between Greeks and Trojans. Unsigned but attributed to an anonymous artist known as the 'Altamura Painter'.

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