Guttus (cosmetic container)
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
about 575 BCE
Workshop of the potter Nikosthenes
about 520 BCE
First century BCE - First century CE (Han Dynasty, 207 BCE - 220 CE)
A painter related to the Columbus Painter and the Luxur Group
about 600 BCE
about 550-525 BCE
6th century BCE
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