A large Canosan lekanis, 3rd century Beige-coloured pottery with reddish paint. Large double-handled bowl with a funnel-shaped body, richly decorated with floral and egg and dart designs in relief on one side (the other is plain). A head of the youthful Dionysus with leaf work in the centre. Height 27 cm. Diameter 60 cm (with handles). Gluing and restoration. Axel Guttmann Collection (no inventory number). Extremely elaborately made, very decorative, Apulian polychrome vessel. historic, historical, ancient world, ancient world, ancient times, object, objec,

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