Kantharos
MS5884
From: Italy
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS5884 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | South Italian |
Provenience | Italy |
Manufacture Location | South Italy |
Date Made | 4th century BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Black Glaze |
Iconography | Lion Head? |
Description | One handle restored in plaster; chips missing from rim. Ring foot. Rounded profile continuous from lip to foot. Recurved handle set at a 45 degree angle to upper wall. On floor in center of interior, beneath glaze: a frontal lion's (?) head surrounded by 6 palmettes, the group encircled by 3 lines of rouletting. Shiny, almost metallic black glaze over all, evidently wheel applied, except on underside of foot. |
Height | 5.6 cm |
Outside Diameter | 11 cm |
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