Pomegranate-Shaped Baby Feeder
Artist
Unidentified artist
CultureGreek, Italian, Campanian
Date325-275 BCE
Mediumblack-glazed terracotta
Dimensions3 7/8 x 4 5/8 x 4 3/4 in. (9.8 x 11.7 x 12 cm)
Classificationsceramics
Credit LineGift of Henry and Sara Immerwahr
Object number91.93
DescriptionBaby feeder, pomegranate shape. Globular vase with torus foot, narrow neck lightly offset by two chamfered rings from body in two degrees. Thick, round handle high on shoulder opposite a slender, tubular spout, with small scratches, perhaps from teeth. Ten pointed projections at rim recall the shape of a pomegranate.On View
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