askos
- Museum number
- 1867,0508.1235
- Description
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South Italian black glazed pottery askos
In relief on the top, winged monster with grotesque head, horns and upright ears, wings recurved, and animal's paws, each starting from the breast; it parts into two tails below the waist, which end in Griffin's heads; each paw grasps one of these heads; between the tails is an inverted palmette.
- Production date
- 300BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 10.60 centimetres
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Height: 7.50 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- BM Cat. Vases
The head resembles that of the πότνια θηρών on BM Vase A267.
- Location
- On display (G1/wp171/sh5)
- Acquisition date
- 1867
- Acquisition notes
- Marked in the catalogue as being from the Durand Collection.
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1867,0508.1235
