File:Terracotta askos (flask with a handle over the top) MET DP114414.jpg

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Terracotta askos (flask with a handle over the top), compared to the Mignot Painter, Greek, South Italian, Apulian (MET, 96.18.58)

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Terracotta askos (flask with a handle over the top)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Creator:Mignot Painter
Title
Terracotta askos (flask with a handle over the top)
Description
Greek, South Italian, Apulian; Askos; Vases; The askos itself is in the form of a sea creature, Scylla, its snake-like body forming the handle on top. On the body is a hound coursing a hare, with the head of a woman above. On the front of the vase is a head of Nike; on the back, a palmette.
Date circa 300 B.C.
Medium Terracotta
Dimensions H. 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Greek and Roman Art
Accession number
96.18.58
Credit line Purchase by subscription, 1896
Notes Scylla askoi are late Apulian creations most notable for the treatment of the shape and the apparently unrelated decoration.
Source/Photographer

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/246576

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