Lotosblumen
750 - 600 v. Chr.
Depressed ovoid body, short wide neck narrowing slightly upwards, flat out-turned rim, two opposed flat handles from rim to shoulder, conical foot. The two zones on the shoulder between the handles are identically decorated with a zone filled with two lotus flowers and buds with dots around their outline. Between the lotus flowers are two checkered triangles. Between and above the triangles a segment of a circle with a pendent diamond and small crosses. Horizontal bands around the middle of the body, three groups of concentric circles around neck. Transversal strokes on flat part of rim, bands along outer part of handles.
A. Bernhard-Walcher u.a., Die Sammlung zyprischer Antiken im KHM. Sammlungskataloge des KHM Bd. 2, Wien 1999 (V. Karageorghis)
Depressed ovoid body, short wide neck narrowing slightly upwards, flat out-turned rim, two opposed flat handles from rim to shoulder, conical foot. The two zones on the shoulder between the handles are identically decorated with a zone filled with two lotus flowers and buds with dots around their outline. Between the lotus flowers are two checkered triangles. Between and above the triangles a segment of a circle with a pendent diamond and small crosses. Horizontal bands around the middle of the body, three groups of concentric circles around neck. Transversal strokes on flat part of rim, bands along outer part of handles.
A. Bernhard-Walcher u.a., Die Sammlung zyprischer Antiken im KHM. Sammlungskataloge des KHM Bd. 2, Wien 1999 (V. Karageorghis)
Time:
750 - 600 v. Chr.
Object Name
Amphoriskos der Bichrome IV Ware
Culture
Zyprisch
Location of discovery:
Unbekannt
Material/technology:
Ton hellbraun; Überzug gelblich-weiß; Bemalung dunkelbraun bis schwarz, rot
Dimensions:
H. 17 cm, Dm. (Mündung) 10,2 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Antikensammlung
Invs.
Antikensammlung, IV 1858
Provenance
Schneider, Robert von, Dr., Wien; 1895 Tausch