Trozella

55-5-3

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 55-5-3
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Messapian
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 400-350 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Spreading, trumpet shaped foot; half-ovoid body; truncated conical neck; overhanging lip. Broad strap handle (second handle missing) rising steeply from shoulder to point well above lip and descending steeply down to edge of lip; a pair of rotelles at base of handle and at highest point. Glaze decoration on buff ground: upper surface of foot solidly glazed; band and lines around greatest circumference of body; neck panels with lattice diamonds; on each rotelle is an asterisk with a dot in each interval. Triple vertical lines on outside of handle. A single swastika, with a dot between each leg, on front & back. One handle missing, part of rim mended. Otherwise intact. Red-brown glaze.

Height 23.8 cm
Outside Diameter 10.9 cm
Credit Line Gift of The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1955
Other Number L-64-265 - Old Loan Number | ' 23-1928-26 - Other Number

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