Terracotta loutrophoros (ceremonial vase for water)

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late 4th–early 3rd century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

The loutrophoroi are not closed at the bottom, indicating that they were made for the tomb. Decorated in a similar technique as the two pyxides (boxes) nearby (06.1021.253 and 28.57.5), they originally had pink and yellow garlands around the center of the body. The loutrophoroi; the pyxis 06.1021.253a, b; the funnel vase 06.1021.248a, b; and the two-handled vase 06.1021.246a, b come from the rich burials of a warrior and a woman found at Canosa in 1895.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 4th–early 3rd century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Canosan

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1906