Laconian oil flasks and other closed shapes (Laconian black-glazed pottery Part 3).(Review) (book review)

C.M. STIBBE. Laconian oil flasks and other closed shapes (Laconian black-glazed pottery Part 3). 274 pages, 226 figures, 14 plates. 2000. Amsterdam: Allard Pierson Museum; 90-71211-33-9 hardback fl298.

The Allard Pierson Museum's two books are admirable. Dr MOORMAN'S very substantial catalogue raisonne presents 274 whole and fragmentary pieces ranging from Cycladic and Cypriot to Etruscan and Roman, including both freestanding and architectural sculptures, plus six pieces of doubtful attribution. For each, he provides notes on provenance, dimensions and description, a discussion, ...

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