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Large Gnathia Skyphos

Unknownlate 4th century B.C.

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

Bands of egg-pattern at lip, red and yellow fillet, and then yellow dots bordered by incised lines. Below this is a vine frame enclosing a swan. The swan stands left, shaking its wings and preening its breast feathers. On the ground to the left is a plant; in the field, a yellow sash and a rosette. The reverse simply has eggs, then yellow dots at the lip, and then two ivy descenders framing a rosette with yellow center.

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  • Title: Large Gnathia Skyphos
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: late 4th century B.C.
  • Location Created: Gnathia, South Italy
  • Physical Dimensions: 25.4 × 38.3 × 25.2 cm (10 × 15 1/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
  • Type: Skyphos
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Terracotta
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 79.AE.188
  • Culture: South Italian (Gnathian)
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California, Gift of Nicholas A. Bercel, M.D.
  • Creator Display Name: Unknown
  • Classification: Vessels (Containers)
The J. Paul Getty Museum

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