ITALY
Kernos (Italian-Daunian ware)
4th century BCE-3rd century BCE

Medium
earthenware

Measurements
11.0 × 12.9 × 13.2 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1893

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Gallery location
Not on display

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Place/s of Execution
Italy

Accession Number
80Y-D1A

Department
Antiquities

Physical description
Set of four small bowls attached to each other and to a central looped handle. Each bowl has a string-cut base, offset mouth and egg-shaped body tapering to the base. Decorated on the exterior in brown and red paint in bands; circles with vertical dashes and a stylised horizontal leaf pattern between plain bands.

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ITALY
Kernos (Italian-Daunian ware)
4th century BCE-3rd century BCE