Askos

MS407

From: Greece

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS407
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Attic
Provenience Greece
Manufacture Location Attica
Date Made 400-350 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Red Figure
Description

Askos. Body lentoid. Trumpet shaped spout. Handle, with central rib, arches from edge of body to neck of spout. Two concentric wheel-run grooves around center of top of body; "nipple" in very center. Between grooves: egg pattern. Around outer part of top of body: large laurel pattern.

Height 4 cm
Width 8.5 cm
Outside Diameter 8.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of Francis C. Macauley, Esq., 1890
Other Number 5592 - Old Museum Number

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