Askos
L-64-241
From: South Italy
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | L-64-241 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | South Italian |
| Provenience | South Italy |
| Manufacture Location | South Italy |
| Date Made | 399-300 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Black Glaze |
| Description | Ring foot. Low, pulvinated body. Top of askos depressed and in the center is a strainer of five holes surrounded by a thick raised ridge. Ring handle with two lengthwise grooves set at an angle on shoulder. At right angles to it is a lion's head spout set in the same position on the shoulder. Vertical grooves on wall. Intact. Good quality metallic black glaze, dipped, over all except resting surface and underside of foot. |
| Height | 8.2 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 10 cm |
| Other Number | 99-369 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number |
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