Guttus (cosmetic container)

Place of OriginGreece, from southern Italy, Campania

DateLate 4th century BCE

DimensionsH (to top of handle): 2 7/8 in.; H (to shoulder): 1 3/4 in.; Diam (body): 4 3/8 in.; Diam (body with spout): 5 1/4 in.; Base Diam: 3 5/16 in.

MediumMolded earthenware with applied and incised decoration and applied handles and black slip surface.

ClassificationCeramics

Credit LineGift of an anonymous donor

Object number

1983.103A-B

Not on View

Comparative ReferencesSee also Lamb, W., Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Great Britain fasc. 6, Cambridge, fasc. 1, London, 1930, pl. XLI, no. 13.

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