Terracotta askos (flask with a handle over the top), Hellenistic, 3rd century B.C., Greek, South Italian, Canosan, Terracotta, H. 17 3/8 in. (44.20 cm.), Vases, Scylla, the Homeric monster with the upper body of an alluring woman and scaly limbs eminating from her hips, rises from the body of this vase. Scylla lurked in a cave on the Straits of Messina, seizing and devouring passing dolphins, sharks, or sailors
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Terracotta askos, flask, handle, top, Hellenistic, 3rd century B.C, Greek, South Italian, Canosan, Terracotta, H, 17 3/8, 44.20 cm, Vases, Scylla, Homeric monster, upper body, alluring woman, scaly limbs eminating, hips, rises, body, vase, Scylla lurked, cave, Straits, Messina, seizing, devouring passing, dolphins, sharks, sailors
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