Skyphos
MS5870
From: Italy
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS5870 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Gnathian | South Italian |
Provenience | Italy |
Manufacture Location | Gnathia |
Date Made | 4th century BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Gnathia Ware |
Description | Intact save for one handle, broken off but preserved. Fully glazed except for lowest part of wall. Decoration on A) below lip, egg pattern; below it, between two pairs of wheel-run lines, a broad red horizontal band; on wall beneath it are 3 panels formed by vertically suspended tendrils. In central panel is a flying bird, in side panels each a rosette. On B, just below lip is a horizontal tendril formed by a pair of wheel-run lines with a line of dots on either side. |
Height | 10.5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 8.4 cm |
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