A Plemochoe (Exaleiptron)
Attic, late 6th century B.C.
Clay, black glaze, red paint
Height: 16.2 cm
Diameter: 22.1 cm (max.)
Diameter: 15.3 cm (foot)
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Vessel for preserving precious liquids such as perfume or oils with squat, round body whose reserved upper face is decorated with a concentric frieze of alternating black and red tongues, framed by finely drawn lines and dot friezes. The distinctive lip is turned inwards to prevent spillage. Tall, hollow foot, offset from the body by a narrow ridge and flared like a funnel towards the bottom. Reassembled out of large fragments. Foot misfired in places. Type A after Beazley.
PROVENANCE
With H.A.C. AG, Basel, Sommerausstellung "Apollon und Dionysos", bei Bernheimer, München, 14.-28.7.1999, lot 52.
NOTE
On the exaleiptron as type (also called a plemochoe), the production process and classification of such vessels as types A and B, see T. Schreiber, Athenian Vase Construction. A Potter's Analysis (Malibu 1999) 106-109 figs. 12, 1-5 pl. 6.

