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Amphoriskos (oil flask), Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Gnathian (MET, 2015.641)

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Title
Amphoriskos (oil flask)
Description
Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Gnathian; Amphoriskos; Vases; These two flasks, 2015.641 and 2015.642, undoubtedly for oil, have been known since the early 1880's, when they were purchased by the noted British archaeologist Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers. They remained with his descendants until 1992. Documentation indicates that they were found together at Capua, a major center in the Italian region of Campania. However, the technique of decoration, in which color is applied onto the vase, points to neighboring Apulia as the place of production. The simple motifs are adapted with exceptional sureness to the irregular surfaces of the respective shapes. Under the spout, the askos additionally shows a suspended theatrical mask between ribbons and ivy leaves, popular details associated with the wine god, Dionysos.
Date circa 340–320 B.C.
Medium Terracotta
Dimensions 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Greek and Roman Art
Accession number
2015.641
Place of discovery Said to be from Capua
Object history Until 1882, collection of Rev. Greville John Chester, London; 1882, purchased by Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt Rivers through Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London; 1882 -- mid-20th century, collection of A.H.L.F. Pitt-Rivers, Rushmore Estate, Farnham, Dorset, UK; 1992, purchased by Jerome M. Eisenberg through Christie’s, London; [1992-2015, with J. M. Eisenberg, New York]; acquired in 2015, purchased from Royal-Athena Galleries, New York.
Credit line Purchase, John S. and Maria Christina Bilimatsis Gift, 2015
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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/698734

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