Double-spouted askos
Double-spouted askos

Currently not on view

Double-spouted askos,

3rd century BCE

South Italian, Daunian
y1961-16

Information

Title
Double-spouted askos
Dates

3rd century BCE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
h. 25.8 cm, diam. 19.8 cm (10 3/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
y1961-16
Place Made

Europe, Southern Italy

Culture
Greek
Period
South Italian
Type
askoi, ceramics
Materials
paint, slip, ceramic
Subject
plant-derived motifs, vines, running ornament, scale pattern, stripes, wave pattern, circles (plane figures)

Purchased from Mathias Komor, New York, in 1961.

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