A Daunian pottery askos Circa 3rd Century B.C. The double ribbed handle arched between the two spouts, each spout with the interior coloured red, one side with a perforated strainer, the body finely decorated in umber and red highlights, with horizontal bands of scroll, ovolo and chain motifs, a star painted on each side of the body above the flat base, 23cm high Fußnoten Provenance: Desmond Morris collection, Oxford, acquired prior to 1976 at Sotheby's, London. For two examples of similar finely decorated askoi, see S. Cassani (ed.), The Art of the Italic Peoples from 3000-300 BC., Geneva, 1993, p. 346, no. 229 and p. 350 no. 231.
A Daunian pottery askos Circa 3rd Century B.C. The double ribbed handle arched between the two spouts, each spout with the interior coloured red, one side with a perforated strainer, the body finely decorated in umber and red highlights, with horizontal bands of scroll, ovolo and chain motifs, a star painted on each side of the body above the flat base, 23cm high Fußnoten Provenance: Desmond Morris collection, Oxford, acquired prior to 1976 at Sotheby's, London. For two examples of similar finely decorated askoi, see S. Cassani (ed.), The Art of the Italic Peoples from 3000-300 BC., Geneva, 1993, p. 346, no. 229 and p. 350 no. 231.
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