Pitcher (epichysis)

Very squat; decoration similar to 01.8112 ITALIAN VASE PAINTING in ITALY, #121 (01.8113) Epichysis about 330 B.C. The neck is offset and decorated with white rays. On the body is a broad wreath with alternating red and white leaves and an axial yellow roundel. Above this, on the shoulder, is a band of yellow and white scrolling tendrils. Below the wreath and above the tendrils are bands of dotted egg-pattern, with the eggs outlined by incision. The upper eggs are alternately yellow and white; the lower are all white. Compare the ornament (and provenance) of the preceding vase (cat. no. 120).