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Black glazed lamp with raised handle and protruding nozzle. Circular, wheel-thrown body with a concave top and a large filling hole. The rim of the filling hole has a thin raised edge. Tall, vertical loop handle attached at the top of the body. Large…

One Attic black figure lekythos.
Ceramic material with black figures and decoration.
Decoration shows horse and rider flanked by three figure, a hare stands under the horse and rider on its hind legs - possibly a hunting scene.
Shoulders are…

One Attic black figure Lekythos.
In two pieces - Pieces do not match.
Ceramic material with black figures and decoration.
One handle.
Details in decoration are picked out with incision.
Main decoration shows rider driving a biga (driver wears a white…

Cypriot vessel with a tri-foil lip.

Off white with brown lines and circles

Beige with a blue design
1 handle

Off white with brown and reddish-brown circls

Shape: round
Material: clay
Construction: wheel-made
Colour: brown clay, drak brown slip
Details: large size base little height. Dish has large circle in the middle at the bottom and two circles around it. On the inside and outside edge of lip has…

Materials: clay
Construction: hand-made
Colour: black
Details: has flat base, sides widen to the bely where a ridge is formed as the sides narrow beyond, then the side widens again and gently decreases to the lip. At the point where the sides widen…

Shape: sides widen and then narrows, one loop handle
Materials: clay
Construction: wheel-made
Colour: black
Details: plain bowl, has small flat base from which sides widen outward then the sides narrow, making a ridge and small lip. The handle is…

The artefact is a small lekythos painted in the red-figure style. Its mouth, handle and top-half of its neck are painted in black. The bottom-half of the neck has a pattern of descending vertical lines leading into an ogive pattern on the shoulder.…

Dragendorf Form 18/31
Ceramic material with red gloss (terra sigillata)
Dish has warped lip - a second (?)
Originally sold as stampd by luventius
Illegible stamp
Foot Interior Has Sticker reads "CANTERBURY" VAUXHALL March 15, 1871 (Auction house)

Samian, terra sigillata
Red/brown in colour.
Has more of a sharper curve, not as round.
No design on the outside, has a bit of a design on the handles, some well defined lines can be seen.
Lines around the neck can be found.
Some white/grey clay or…

Black beaked

Ceramic material with dull black finish.
Olive leaf band painted between handles (Dionysiac connection).
Dramatic masks in relief at apex of both handles (Dionysiac connection).
Originally described as a kantharos but more closely resembles an…

Small storage box for cosmetics, trinkets or jewelry. Black-glaze decoration on red ground; decorative friezes and solid horizontal bands encircle the exterior wall of lid; in the upper zone, an ogive pattern, beneath which is a narrow horizontal…

Colour: reddish brown. Clay. Round body with long nozzle; discus surrounded by a rim; concentric rings around filling-hole. One decorative knob on each side.
Discus iconography: pattern of petals that emanate from the filling whole and terminate…

Oval in shape.
Obverse: Bust facing right, wearing headdress; two borders present at north, east, west, and south positions.
Reverse: Two figures standing facing forward with a column (?) in between them; three borders, same symbol as on obverse…

Oval in shape.
Obverse: Bust facing left, headdress, bearded.
Reverse: Figure seated right (?), surrounded by square border of characters.

The stylus is rectangular in section toward the top, and adorned with a pattern of x's bordered by grooves; the top terminates in a grooved pyramid.

Shape: flat-based jug with single loop handle attached at rim and widest diameter of the body; the side opposite the handle is decorated with a protome of a ram, extending from just below the rim; the animal has a long neck and large eyes; the…

The lower portion of the pig is block-like and terminates in a base, defined on one side by a slight carination. The front shows more detail than the other three sides: the legs are cursorily differentiated and the face is naturalistic with…