Attic Red Figure Askos Fragments

Date
4th C. BC, Late Lydian (Persian)
Museum
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum Inventory No.
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
MMA 26.199.98-99
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Askos
Pottery Ware
Attic Red Figure
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Findspot
Findspot not recorded.
Description
Two fragments, not joining, from the same vase. A: from upper side, reserved laurel leaves with central painted rib. B: from center of upper side, with knob at top preserved, egg pattern radiating from knob and parts of reserved leaves from same design as fragment A.
Dimensions
A (MMA 26.199.98): P.H. 0.041; P.W. 0.063. B (MMA 26.199.99): P.H. 0.025; P.W. 0.047.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
For dating, see J. D. Beazley, "An Askos by Macron," AJA (1921) 326-29.
Author
NHR