Terracotta patera (shallow bowl with handle)

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

Yellow-slipped pottery is unusual in Apulia but typically occurs in pairs of oinochoai and paterae. The jug served to pour liquids, and the patera was one of several shapes used for offerings. The handle of the patera is in the shape of a youth with hands raised; two rams form the transition to the bowl; and a ram's head appears below the youth's feet—a convention for bronze handles since the Archaic period.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 4th–early 3rd century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, South Italian, Apulian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1906