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Skyphos with Heraldic Lions
This skyphos (a two handled deep wine cup) is decorated on one side with heraldic lions facing an intricate knot of vines forming four loops. The other side, partially damaged, displays two heraldic sphinxes flanking a sprawling palmette-lotus ornament. The motifs were painted with black and red slip (a mixture of fine clay and water that turns colors while fired) and detailed through incised markings. Corinth was a major ceramic production center during the Archaic period and created goods that were traded within Greece and around the Mediterranean. Corinthian artists and workshops innovated both technically and artistically by experimenting with technique to decorate their ceramics with their signature animal and figurative scenes.
Provenance
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Henry Walters, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Greece, Corinth (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 3 3/16 x 4 5/8 in. (8.1 x 11.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.1