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Wine Jug With Plant Decoration And A Greek Inscription

Unknown Artist

Wine jug with plant decoration and a Greek inscription. This type of pottery was made to order at Pesaro in Italy to ornament island homes. Both in the Dodecanese and in the Sporades, particularly in Skyros, there survive intact collections of ceramic objects imported from both the West and the East, which cover entire wall surfaces. Product of an Italian workshop (Pesaro). 18th c.

18th c.

0.13 m

GE 8603

Image and text courtesy of Benaki Museum of Greek Culture, 2022

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