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Daunian Kyathos (Interior)

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The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

A shallow bowl with a sharply offset lip. The decoration is in shades of brown and red. At the center of the inside of the bowl is a brown swastika. On the inner face of the lip are brown bands at the upper and lower edges and a reddish brown band along the middle. The outer face of the lip has a band of brown at the rim. On the body: a broad brown band with two oblique lines running from the handle on each side, then a red band with, below it, a brown band with a "frieze" of four short pendent strokes in five groups. On the base: an eight-spoked wheel motif in brown. The handle is decorated with red and brown bands.

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  • Title: Daunian Kyathos (Interior)
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 4th–3rd century B.C.
  • Location Created: South Italy
  • Physical Dimensions: 9.6 × 14.9 cm (3 3/4 × 5 7/8 in.)
  • Type: Kyathos
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Terracotta
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 86.AE.456
  • Culture: South Italian (Apulian, Daunian)
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
  • Creator Display Name: Unknown
  • Classification: Vessels (Containers)
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