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One-handled Flask with Decorative Appliqués
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Intact piriform one-handled red-slip flask with four appliqué decorations. The mouth is small, with the lip flaring out slightly and a small chip on the edge. The separately-attached vertical handle joins the body midway down and ends just above the base; the vessel sits on a small disc foot. The decoration consists of two ears of wheat, placed one on either side of the handle; a nude youth in profile, bending slightly, and holding something; and a male-female erotic scene.
Classification: J. W. Hayes, Late Roman Pottery (British School at Rome, 1972), form 171.39
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
English collection (by 1980) sold; to [Jeffrey Spier Ancient Coins and Antiquities NY 1980-1982] sold; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University (1982-2012) transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums 2012.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University
Title: One-handled Flask with Decorative Appliqués
Description:
Intact piriform one-handled red-slip flask with four appliqué decorations.
The mouth is small, with the lip flaring out slightly and a small chip on the edge.
The separately-attached vertical handle joins the body midway down and ends just above the base; the vessel sits on a small disc foot.
The decoration consists of two ears of wheat, placed one on either side of the handle; a nude youth in profile, bending slightly, and holding something; and a male-female erotic scene.
Classification: J.
W.
Hayes, Late Roman Pottery (British School at Rome, 1972), form 171.
39.
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