Caption

Red-figure rhyton in the shape of a boar's head, Stoke-on-Trent Group (c. 300 BC), boar (iconographic), southern Italic pottery; in the shape of a boar's head with a woman's head on the neck from the Stoke-on-Trent Group, 2nd half of the 4th century BC (dating before the 2019 revision: 330–310 BC), Apulia; vessel (rhyton); height 12.2 cm, width 22.5 cm, depth 10 cm, weight 0.42 kg.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A33_398

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Keywords

Red-figure rhyton shape boar's head Stoke-on-Trent Group c 300 Bc boar iconographic southern Italic pottery woman's head neck 2nd half 4th century BC dating 2019 revision 330–310 Bc Apulia vessel rhyton height 12.2 cm width 22.5 cm depth 10 cm weight 0.42 kg object photographed pale gray background front sculpted animal head attached decorated cylindrical neck animal head glossy black worn areas revealing brownish underlayer rounded ears short snout visible surface chips small raised protuberance forehead traces lighter color cylindrical neck head terracotta orange decorative black painted motifs forming curving shapes stylized floral elements areas black paint worn away reveal orange beneath additional lighter ochre highlights places within painted decoration piece rests transparent support partially visible bottom.