Acquisition number: 1966.05
Intact but the surface is somewhat worn. Rather khaki clay; brown to black paint, flaking. The vase was painted by dipping and by swirling the glaze inside the vase.
Title: Sicilian Black-Glaze Skyphos - 1966.05
Acquisition number: 1966.05
Acquisition source or name: Woite Collection.
Acquisition year: 1966
Owner type: ANU Classics Museum
Culture or period: Sicilian Black, Banded and Plain.
Date: Second half 5th century BC.
Date century or Timeline (notional): 499 to 400
Material: Clay - Terracotta
Object type: Vessels - Cup/mug
Technique or style: Black-Glaze.
Dimensions: 77mm (w) × 53mm (h)
Origin region or location: Italy
Origin city: Possibly Gela.
Display case or on loan: 10
Keywords: Sicilian, Black Glaze, Gela, Woite Collection
J.R. Green with B. Rawson, Catalogue of Antiquities in the Australian National University, A.N.U. (Canberra, 1981) 73.
1966.05
Sicilian Black-Glaze Skyphos
From the Woite Collection; probably from the area of Gela, Sicily. Ht 5.3cm; diam. 7.7cm.
Intact but the surface is somewhat worn. Rather khaki clay; brown to black paint, flaking. The vase was painted by dipping and by swirling the glaze inside the vase.
There are cracks in the bottom from drying or firing that would have rendered the vase useless for practical purposes, and it must therefore have been sold as a grave offering.
Perhaps second half of the fifth century BC.
See 1966.01-1966.42 in this catalogue for all material from the Woite Collection in the ANU collection.
J.R. Green with B. Rawson, Catalogue of Antiquities in the Australian National University, A.N.U. (Canberra, 1981) 73.
1966.05
Sicilian black-glaze skyphos
The cracks in the base from firing would have made this cup useless for practical purposes; it must have been sold as a grave-offering.
c. 2nd half 5th century BC
From the Woite Collection.
Intact but the surface is somewhat worn.