Askos
Artist
Unknown
Date3rd century BCE
MediumTerracotta with added color
Dimensionsheight, width, and depth: 10 3/8 × 8 5/8 × 8 in. (26.4 × 21.9 × 20.3 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina
Object number77.1.5
On View
On viewEdgar Peters Bowron, ed., Introduction to the Collections (Chapel Hill: published for the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, by The University of North Carolina Press, 1983), illus. (b-w) 49.
Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 21.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions,” December 14, 1978-January 28, 1979.
Richmond, VA, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, “The Art of South Italy: Vases from Magna Graecia,” May 12-August 8, 1982; Philbrook Art Center, November 1, 1982-January 9, 1983; Detroit Institute of Arts, February 7-April 10, 1983, cat. no. 149.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement
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