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MS4007

From: Italy | Rugge

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4007
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Apulian | South Italian
Provenience Italy | Rugge
Manufacture Location South Italy
Date Made 399-300 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Red Figure
Iconography Woman | Wreath | Youth | Situla
Description

A. Woman with wreath and youth with situla. Woman at left holds wreath in right hand, extends left hand toward youth at right. Youth is nude, holds large situla out toward woman in right hand; his mantle is draped over his left arm, falling in folds to the ground. B. Two draped youths facing one another. The youth at the left extends his forearm holding a vertical stick in his hand. The arms of the other youth are completely covered by his mantle. Intact save for missing part of lip.

Height 31 cm
Outside Diameter 20 cm
Credit Line Gift of S. F. Houston, 1906

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