Object Image

Terracotta fragment of an askos (flask with a spout and handle over the top)

Unknown Artist

Part of the top side of an askos with the head of a lion? to left

Credit: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011

420-410 B.C.

Terracotta; red-figure

2011.604.2.2020

Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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