Vases Daunian Kyathos
Daunian Kyathos

Daunian Kyathos

4th–3rd century B.C.
A shallow bowl with a sharply offset lip. The decoration is in shades of brown and red. At the center of the inside of the bowl is a brown swastika. On the inner face of the lip are brown bands at the upper and lower edges and a reddish brown band along the middle. The outer face of the lip has a band of brown at the rim. On the body: a broad brown band with two oblique lines running from the handle on each side, then a red band with, below it, a brown band with a "frieze" of four short pendent strokes in five groups. On the base: an eight-spoked wheel motif in brown. The handle is decorated with red and brown bands.
Date
4th–3rd century B.C.
Culture
South Italian (Apulian, Daunian)
Dimensions
H: 9.60 cm D: 12.80 cm
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum
Accession Number
86.AE.456
Image Source
getty_cc0
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