Dish

55-5-4

From: Italy | Apulia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 55-5-4
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Gnathian | South Italian
Provenience Italy | Apulia
Manufacture Location Gnathia
Date Made 399-300 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Shallow dish, 2 high handles. In shape it is very small version of an Apulian vessel called a Phiale. Ring foot; narrow ledge rim; loop handles, attached in two places each to rim, rising at a very sharply acute angle. Around floor are two circles of decoration in white: ivy leaves below, schematic flowers above, separated by a wheel-incised line. On rim there are ivy leaves onone side, schematic flowers on the other. Mended from several pieces.

Height 5.4 cm
Outside Diameter 10.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1955
Other Number L-64-566 - Old Loan Number | ' 23-1928-30 - Other Number

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