Head Vase

L-64-207

From: Italy | Apulia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number L-64-207
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Daunian
Provenience Italy | Apulia
Date Made 299-200 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Male Head
Description

Libation vessel, no bottom. In form of male head with neck and trefoil spout projecting vertically from top of head. Handle, roughly circular in section, rises from back of head to a point above spout and down to back of spout. Head is clean shaven. Jaw line and chin form a triangle. Ears stick out prominently. Recomposed from a number of pieces. Traces of white and, in spout, also of red. Light brown clay.

Height 40 cm
Outside Diameter 14.5 cm
Other Number 99-194 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number

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