The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Terracotta stemmed dish

Terracotta stemmed dish

Period:: Archaic
Date:: late 7th–early 6th century B.C.
Culture:: Lydian
Medium:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: H. 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm) diameter 7 5/16 in. (18.6 cm)
Classification:: Vases
Credit Line:: Gift of The American Society for the Exploration of Sardis, 1914
Accession Number:: 14.30.13

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 171

Description

The edge of the lip is articulated with horizontal grooves and with four spools or rotelles. The rotelles in particular give a metallic impression, for they typically serve on metal vases for the attachment of swinging handles.
Provenance

Excavated at Sardis
References

Oliver, Andrew, Jr. 1968. "Lydia." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 26(5): p. 199, fig. 8.
See also
What
Clay (23,649)

Vessels (21,921)

Vases (8,895)

Terracotta (8,373)

Dishes (6,707)
Where
Asia (68,071)

Turkey (1,723)

Lydia (93)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,148)
In the Museum
Greek and Roman Art (17,329)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Ancient Greece, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.