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Mug (Attic black-glaze ware)

GREECE, Attica
Mug (Attic black-glaze ware)
 mid 5th century BCE

Medium
earthenware

Measurements
8.6 × 9.6 × 8.2 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Accessioned, 1994

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Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Attica, Greece

Accession Number
D321-1994

Department
Antiquities

Physical description
Small, single-handled jug with a wide flaring mouth, a double-stemmed handle joined from the shoulder to the rim, each stem ending up in a curve outwards along the rim, a short neck, ovoid body and flat base. The mug is black-glazed all over, including the base, with vertical ribbing on the body. The natural clay is dark pink/buff.

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