Terracotta askos (flask with a handle over the top), Hellenistic, ca. 300 B.C., Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm), Vases, The askos itself is in the form of a sea creature, Scylla, its snake-like body forming the handle on top. On the body is a hound coursing a hare, with the head of a woman above. On the front of the vase is a head of Nike; on the back, a palmette
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Terracotta askos, flask, handle, top, Hellenistic, ca, 300 B.C, Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Terracotta, red-figure, H, 9 1/8, 23.2 cm, Vases, askos, itself, form, sea creature, Scylla, snake, body forming, body, hound coursing, hare, head, woman, front, vase, Nike, back, palmette
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