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Guttus (Greek black-glaze ware)

Guttus (Greek black-glaze ware)
 4th century BCE

Medium
earthenware
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1933
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

Artwork Details

Medium
earthenware
Measurements
8.0 × 11.7 × 11.5 cm
Place/s of Execution
Libibaeum, Sicily
Accession Number
3425F-D3
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1933
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Physical description
Black-glazed, ring-handled vessel with a narrow spout at a diagonal angle. A squat, closed body with a central recess surrounded by a ridge and pierced with five holes. The body is decorated with five vertical, broad incisions left reserved in the natural clay colour of pink/buff. The underside of the plain ring foot is also reserved.

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