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SOUTHERN ITALY. Daunia. Circa 350-325 BC. Double-spouted strainer vessel (askos). ...
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Unique Strainer Askos
SOUTHERN ITALY. Daunia. Circa 350-325 BC. Double-spouted strainer vessel (askos). A large rounded Daunian-ware askos with two elongated spouts with widened lips and flattened bottom and measuring 6.75 inches (17 cm) wide. One spout is open (filling spout), the other enclosed with a pierced strainer. Between the spouts, a handle. The piece is decorated with several rows of linear designs, with use of hatch patterns and S type patterns used intermediately in the design as well. At the bottom of the askos, a crude rosette pattern. Intact, with some chips to surface. Cf. Met Museum No. 06.1021.347 (Gallery 161). Also, U. Missouri Museum of Art and Archaeology No. 84.17.From The Living Torah Museum; ex Archeological Center Auction 31 (Tel Aviv, 7 April, 2004), lot 418.
Daunian Ware pottery originated with the Dauni, an Indo-European people who settled around present-day Bari and Foggia. Their pottery was hand-shaped, rather than wheel-thrown, and bore simple geometric patterns similar to that found on Greek pottery from four or five centuries earlier. The askos was a distinctive form probably used for storing and pouring olive oil.
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2016 November 16 Biblical Archaeology & Related Objects Grand Format Auction #6170 (go to Auction Home page)
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