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MS4009

From: Italy | Rugge

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4009
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture South Italian | Apulian
Provenience Italy | Rugge
Manufacture Location South Italy
Date Made 499-400 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Red Figure
Description

Fully glazed except interior below lip and bottom. Ring foot torus profile 0.055m in diam.. Thickened strap handles, overhanging lip. On body, A & B, an owl to r. face frontal, between two vertical sprays. Above on each side is an irregular reserved band in which is painted, along upper edge, a blurred wave pattern.

Height 9.8 cm
Outside Diameter 8.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of S. F. Houston, 1906

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