Krater
55-5-6
From: Italy | Apulia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 55-5-6 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | South Italian | Apulian |
| Provenience | Italy | Apulia |
| Manufacture Location | South Italy |
| Date Made | 4th century BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Red Figure |
| Description | A. Head of woman facing left, i profile. Back hair covered by a kerchief. Front hair around forehead is in a prominent roll, bound at intervals by white stripes. No necklace, no earring. B. Head of woman facing left, in profile. No kerchief over hair. Hair bound only by a plain white fille. No necklace, no earring. A large palmette under each handle. A hole in floor of krater was made by the potter to provide communication of contents with area of stem and base. A false bottom provided near bottom of base. |
| Height | 13.8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 14.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1955 |
| Other Number | L-64-568 - Old Loan Number | 23-1928-28 - Other Number |
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