Apulia / Askos / Glaze / Clay (unfired)

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.6615
Object Name: Askos
Lot: Van Deman, Esther
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Pottery
Materials: Glaze; Clay (unfired)
Length: 8.6
Width: 7.1
Height: 10
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Askos in good to very good condition. Black glaze with peach colored vine pattern on the shoulder. Bulbous form, similar to that of a fat bird, with a thin curving handle stretching from the neck to tip. Flaring base is reserved on its slightly concave underside. Thick lip is turned out and down.
Verbatim Date: 4th C BC?
Verbatim Provenance: Italy
Verbatim Site: Apulia
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Earth Magicians
Exhibition Curator: Allen, Marti Lu; Lewis, Margaret; Lu, Suh-fen; Zonars, Anthea
Publication Title: Earth Magicians: Pottery from the Collections of the University of Michigan: An Exhibition Organized by the Graduate Students in the Museum Practice Program
Publication Author: Lewis, Margaret; Lu, Suh-fen; and Zonars, Anthea
Publication Year: 1985
Type Category: Ceramic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.6615
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6615/0000_00_6615p02.tif

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Full citation: "Apulia; Askos; Glaze; Clay (unfired)." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6615/0000_00_6615p02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.