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Askos (Italic-Daunian ware)

Askos (Italic-Daunian ware)
 5th century BCE-4th century BCE

Medium
earthenware
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1894
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

Artwork Details

Medium
earthenware
Measurements
19.0 × 25.4 × 23.1 cm
Place/s of Execution
Apulia, Italy
Accession Number
81H-D1A
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1894
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Physical description
Vertical-spouted vessel with long, horizontal handle and enclosed body. Decorated in black and reddish-brown paint on buff clay background. The top/shoulder is decorated with bands of a wave pattern above a stylised frontal female head between two curving fish and dolphins; a stylized plant spray along the edge and across the handle. Cross-hatched areas on the body are echoed on the spout which also has a wave pattern and red rim. The lower body has a black chain and bands.

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