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APULIA, CIRCA LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
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A CANOSAN POTTERY ASKOS
APULIA, CIRCA LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
The large spherical body on a flat base, with a wide strap handle and a cylindrical spout, the rim flaring, a mold-made facing head of Medusa applied to the body below the spout and on the opposite end, each with wings in her wavy hair, a snake extending onto her cheeks, their tails knotted low on her neck, each side of the vessel with a figure of a Tritoness, her nude human torso merging with a serpentine fish body, wearing a belted skirt of acanthus, her arms upraised, preserving extensive polychrome, including yellow, red, pink and blue
19 3/8 in. (49.2 cm.) high
APULIA, CIRCA LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
The large spherical body on a flat base, with a wide strap handle and a cylindrical spout, the rim flaring, a mold-made facing head of Medusa applied to the body below the spout and on the opposite end, each with wings in her wavy hair, a snake extending onto her cheeks, their tails knotted low on her neck, each side of the vessel with a figure of a Tritoness, her nude human torso merging with a serpentine fish body, wearing a belted skirt of acanthus, her arms upraised, preserving extensive polychrome, including yellow, red, pink and blue
19 3/8 in. (49.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Switzerland, 1977.
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