Campanian Glazed Pottery Duck Tail Askos

Magna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. A fine wheel-thrown pottery askos with a squat circular foot, a hemispherical body, a tapering neck with a rolled rim and funnel mouth, and an applied stirrup handle with a projecting thumb rest in the form of a duck tail. The entire vessel is coated in a rich brown glaze save for the area beneath the foot. Askoi, like this example, were used to hold liquids, such as precious scented oils and perfumes which could become viscous when cold. The handle was used to lower the vessel into heated water to liquefy the oil. A lovely example! Size: 4.5" in diameter x 3" H (11.4 cm x 7.6 cm)

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private T.G. collection, Williston, Florida, USA, #2958, acquired in 2001

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#166957
Condition Report: Intact and excellent with nice remaining pigments.