Terracotta askos (flask with a spout and handle over the top)

Greek, South Italian, Campanian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

The vase is in the shape of an astragal, the knucklebone usually of a sheep or goat. Such objects occur with some frequency in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. Astragals mainly of bone and glass were used in a game comparable to jacks. As vases, they occur in several forms and may have had a connotation of chance or luck.

Terracotta askos (flask with a spout and handle over the top), Terracotta, Greek, South Italian, Campanian

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