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Canosiner Askos with head of the Medusa, Formerly Johannes W. F. Collection Reimers (Hamburg), clay, quickly turned, hand modeled, pressed into the form, painted (ceramic), cold painting, clay, Total: Height: 45 cm; Diameter: 35 cm; Muzzle diameter: 14.3 cm; Base diameter: 17.5 cm, Ceramics, Medusa, Late Classicism (Greek Antiquity), Early Hellenistic, Antiquity, The characteristic inventory of a Canosin chamber tomb includes the mighty Askos, a type of vessel that can be understood as the transformation of a filled wine tube made of animal skin into clay. The polychrome painting played an important role in all the Canosin Askoi. Here two masks of the Gorgo Medusa - recognizable by the snakes knotted at the neck - sit on the pink vessel wall. On the neck are clearly visible remains of a painted seven-leaf palmette. Unpainted areas on the sides indicate that further plastic elements were added. Together with other vessels, this Askos can be assigned to a grave called Ipogeo Reimers.

Canosiner Askos with head of the Medusa, Formerly Johannes W. F. Collection Reimers (Hamburg), clay, quickly turned, hand modeled, pressed into the form, painted (ceramic), cold painting, clay, Total: Height: 45 cm; Diameter: 35 cm; Muzzle diameter: 14.3 cm; Base diameter: 17.5 cm, Ceramics, Medusa, Late Classicism (Greek Antiquity), Early Hellenistic, Antiquity, The characteristic inventory of a Canosin chamber tomb includes the mighty Askos, a type of vessel that can be understood as the transformation of a filled wine tube made of animal skin into clay. The polychrome painting played an important role in all the Canosin Askoi. Here two masks of the Gorgo Medusa - recognizable by the snakes knotted at the neck - sit on the pink vessel wall. On the neck are clearly visible remains of a painted seven-leaf palmette. Unpainted areas on the sides indicate that further plastic elements were added. Together with other vessels, this Askos can be assigned to a grave called Ipogeo Reimers.
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Canosiner Askos with head of the Medusa, Formerly Johannes W. F. Collection Reimers (Hamburg), clay, quickly turned, hand modeled, pressed into the form, painted (ceramic), cold painting, clay, Total: Height: 45 cm; Diameter: 35 cm; Muzzle diameter: 14.3 cm; Base diameter: 17.5 cm, Ceramics, Medusa, Late Classicism (Greek Antiquity), Early Hellenistic, Antiquity, The characteristic inventory of a Canosin chamber tomb includes the mighty Askos, a type of vessel that can be understood as the transformation of a filled wine tube made of animal skin into clay. The polychrome painting played an important role in all the Canosin Askoi. Here two masks of the Gorgo Medusa - recognizable by the snakes knotted at the neck - sit on the pink vessel wall. On the neck are clearly visible remains of a painted seven-leaf palmette. Unpainted areas on the sides indicate that further plastic elements were added. Together with other vessels, this Askos can be assigned to a grave called Ipogeo Reimers.
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3200 x 4320 px | 39.6 MB
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27.1 x 36.6 cm | 10.7 x 14.4 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
ADDED • ANATOMY: HEAD • ANCIENT WORLD • ANIMAL HIDE • ANIMAL SKIN • ANTIGUEDAD • ANTIQUITIES • ANTIQUITY • ASKOS • ASSIGNED • BASE DIAMETER • CANOSIN ASKOI • CANOSIN CHAMBER TOMB INCLUDES • CANOSINER ASKOS • CERAMIC • CERAMICS • CHARACTERISTIC INVENTORY • CLAY • COLD PAINTING • COLLECTION REIMERS • DIAMETER • EARLY HELLENISTIC • F • FILLED WINE TUBE • FORM • FORMERLY JOHANNES W • FURTHER PLASTIC ELEMENTS • GORGO MEDUSA • GRAVE • GREEK ANTIQUITY • HAMBURG • HAND MODELED • HEAD (ANATOMY) • HEAD (BODY) • HEAD • IMPORTANT ROLE • IPOGEO REIMERS • KERAMEIKOS • LATE CLASSICISM • MEDUSA • MIGHTY ASKOS • MUZZLE DIAMETER • NECK • NECKS • PAINTED SEVEN-LEAF PALMETTE • PAINTED • PINK VESSEL WALL • POLYCHROME PAINTING PLAYED • POTTERIES • PRESSED • QUICKLY TURNED • RECOGNIZABLE • SEATED • SIDES INDICATE • SITTING • SNAKES KNOTTED • STONEWARE • TERRA COTTA • TERRACOTA • TERRACOTTA • THROAT • TOGETHER • TRANSFORMATION • TWO MASKS • TYPE • UNDERSTOOD • UNPAINTED AREAS • VESSEL • VESSELS • VISIBLE REMAINS