Skyphos
MS5870
From: Italy
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS5870 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Gnathian | South Italian |
| Provenience | Italy |
| Manufacture Location | Gnathia |
| Date Made | 4th century BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Gnathia Ware |
| Description | Intact save for one handle, broken off but preserved. Fully glazed except for lowest part of wall. Decoration on A) below lip, egg pattern; below it, between two pairs of wheel-run lines, a broad red horizontal band; on wall beneath it are 3 panels formed by vertically suspended tendrils. In central panel is a flying bird, in side panels each a rosette. On B, just below lip is a horizontal tendril formed by a pair of wheel-run lines with a line of dots on either side. |
| Height | 10.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 8.4 cm |
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