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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