Apulian Red Figure Owl Skyphos, Apulia, South Italy, ca. 4th century BCE Weights & Measures Crawford collection of Ancient Glass

Crawford collection of Ancient Glass and Antiquities

This rare thistle‑shaped vessel is executed in white faience and decorated in an umber pigment applied in vertical panels of zig‑zag motif

This gold pendant attests to the exceptional skill of Achaemenid goldsmiths

and drilled through the center for attachment to a wooden shaft

Apulian Red Figure Owl Skyphos, Apulia, South Italy, ca. 4th century BCE Weights & Measures Crawford collection of Ancient GlassThis elegant Apulian red figure skyphos is decorated with a pair of owls standing between stylized olive branches, a motif that evokes one of the most enduring symbols of the ancient Greek world. Rendered in the distinctive South Italian red figure tradition, the birds are shown frontally with large, watchful eyes and delicately detailed plumage, framed by vertical sprays of olive leaves. The restrained composition reflects the influence of Classical