Askos
MS3064
From: Italy | Etruria | Toscanella
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS3064 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | South Italian |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Toscanella |
| Manufacture Location | South Italy |
| Locus | Tomba a Camera No. 1 | Chamber Tomb 1 |
| Date Made | 4th century BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Black Glaze |
| Description | Intact. Pouring spout at one end, filling spout at the other; channeled handle between. Low, constricted ring foot. Top elements, lower wall and most of underside glazed. Remainder reserved and painted in glaze with vestigial representation of ducks' feathers. On front, dots. On sides, parallel lines for wing feathers. On back slanting parallel lines for tail feathers. |
| Height | 12 cm |
| Length | 10.9 cm |
| Width | 9.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1898 |
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