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Description: | Apulian red-figure askos, so-called 'duck askos', for the shape of the back part which reminds a duck's tail. It has large spout on one end and handle across the top re It has a circular base, The handle is black painted as is the spout. The body is decorated with red figures and white overpainted accessories: on the front below the mouth there is a woman's head in profile, with a headress, beaded necklace and a circular earing. In front of the woman is a circular object, probably an offering on a small plinth, decorated with meander pattern (altar, grave stele?).The rest of the body of the vessel is taken up with scrolls and large palmette: palmette in triangular frame at back of vase; palmette and scrolls at either side. A wave frieze at the bottom. This uis a minor vase associated with the Amphora Painter | Subjects: | Europe Italy Southern Europe | Source: | Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.foreignarchaeology.86604 | Go to resource |
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