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Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Gnathian
Bird
The bird is enclosed in a metope bordered above by incised lines and painted dots and on the remaining sides by vine leaves. This kind of decoration anticipates the motifs of birds and tendrils on the white panels among the Museum's Roman frescoes from Boscotrecase.
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Title: Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)
Period: Late Classical
Date: ca. 350–325 BCE
Culture: Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Gnathian
Medium: Terracotta; applied color
Dimensions:
H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
diameter 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1926
Object Number: 26.60.93
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