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DRAG IMAGE TO ROTATE ARTWORK

Medium
earthenware
Measurements
30.5 × 20.4 × 17.3 cm
Place/s of Execution
Attica, Greece
Inscription
inscribed in Greek script at the junction of the neck and body: NIKOSTHENES EPOIESEN
inscribed on the base: III (trademark)
Accession Number
D392-1980
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1980
© Public Domain
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Gallery location
18th Century Decorative Arts - Great Hall Costume Corridor
Level 2, NGV International
Physical description
Vase with an ovoid body, set off from a long neck tapering upwards to a wide flaring mouth, with very wide strap handles from the shoulder to rim level and four raised fillets, one at the neck/body junction, two on the upper body and one at the base of the body. The flat rim is decorated with dolphins and each side of the neck has a large lotus/palmette quatrefoil with added red and white. On the shoulder is a large eye, flanked by palmettes.