Scrolled skylight. The beak and part of the disc are missing. It has the feeding hole displaced towards the rostrum. Margo leaning towards the tank and connected to it by two thin moldings. Compact paste with a light yellowish color. The finish is a dark brown/black slip coating, not very dense.
It has figurative decoration with a mythological theme: the abduction of Europa, daughter of the king of Tyre, who was kidnapped by Jupiter who, to carry out his plan, turned into a white bull. The scene on the disk of this skylight represents precisely the moment in which Europa appears riding the bull. She rides seated, with her legs uncovered and directed towards the side of the animal. With her left hand she holds her tunic, which flies above her head, and with her right she grabs the bull's horns. Although her face does not offer much detail, you can see her hair, gathered in a bun, and an earring. The bull's features are more detailed; It highlights her long hair falling from her neck and her sex, clearly marked.
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