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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