Terracotta lagynos (oil flask), 2nd–1st century


Terracotta lagynos (oil flask), Hellenistic, 2nd–1st century , Greek, Terracotta, h. 5 7/16 in. ( cm), Vases, Lagynos ware is named after the shape most commonly associated with the distinctive decorative style seen on this flask: canonical motifs such as wreaths, olive bows, baskets, and lagynoi themselves painted in a thinned orange-brown slip on a white ground


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