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A South Italian stemless cup

4th century BC
South Italian

Earthenware, black glaze on reddish/yellow clay with added red over black decoration

Diameter: 25cm, maximum
Diameter (excluding handles): 18cm

Museum number: L33

Vermeule catalogue number: Vermeule 520help-vermeule-catalogue-number

On display: Library-Dining Room
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house. For tours https://www.soane.org/your-visit

Curatorial note

Sides A and B: Laurel leaf decoration around the outside between handles.

Inside: Laurel leaf decoration around sides.

Literature

Description, 1835, p. (French section).


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