Terracotta askos (flask with a spout and handle)
Greek, South Italian, Campanian
The guttus and askos are two kinds of flask for liquids, often probably oil. In Southern Italy they may assume figural forms of some complexity. These examples show Black African youths in unguarded moments. The vertical spout of the guttus has been turned into the neck of an amphora against which the boy leans dozing. The sack-like askos is transformed into a youth who subdues a duck.
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