This painted kantharos is a vessel for drinking wine found in the burial of a teenager. The outer surface has an engobe and decoration on two sides with the image of a pair of eyes, an ivy branch, two bands of drop ornament, and a meander between them. The bottom is ornamented with an eight-ray rosette with sticks between the rays. The painting on the vessel had the function of a charm. It protected the owner from the "evil eye".
Clay, varnish, modelling on the potter's wheel, engobing, painting
h 112, d 136 mm
Фінансування здійснюється зі Стабілізаційного фонду культури та освіти 2023 Федеральним міністерством закордонних справ Німеччини та Goethe-Institut. goethe.de
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