Lydian Terracotta Plate in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2011

Title: Terracotta plate

Medium; Technique: Terracotta

Culture: Lydian

Period: Archaic

Date: 6th century B.C.

Dimensions: H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm) diameter 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm)

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: Gift of The American Society for the Exploration of Sardis, 1914

Accession Number: 14.30.19

Description:

This plate, covered with white slip and decorated with delicate geometric and floral designs, imitates vessels made on Rhodes, Chios, and other Greek islands.

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