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Attic Red-Figure Phiale Mesomphalos

Berlin Painter, Euphroniosabout 500–490 B.C.

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

Black-gloss exterior. Band of tongues with dots around the rim.
Coral-red interior. The (missing) omphalos is encircled by an inner ring of red-figure upright circumscribed palmettes and an outer ring of red-figure tongues with dots.
Restored from fragments. A ring on the bottom of the exterior misfired grey (with some bright orange) from stacking during firing.

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  • Title: Attic Red-Figure Phiale Mesomphalos
  • Creator: Berlin Painter, Euphronios
  • Date Created: about 500–490 B.C.
  • Location Created: Athens, Greece
  • Physical Dimensions: 3.5 × 32 cm (1 3/8 × 12 5/8 in.)
  • Type: Phiale
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Terracotta
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 76.AE.96.2
  • Culture: Greek (Attic)
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California, Gift of Gordon McLendon
  • Creator Display Name: Manner of the Berlin Painter (Greek (Attic), active about 500 - about 460 B.C.) and Euphronios (Greek (Attic), active 520 - 480 B.C.)
  • Classification: Vessels (Containers)
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