An elegant vase inspired by many similar vases from Magna Graecia - the area in coastal south Italy where there were many Greek colonies from 8th BCE onwards (hence the name 'Great Greece').
The owl is flanked by two branches of olive, both of which were associated with Athena, goddess of wisdom and resourcefulness, and patron of the city of Athens.
red-figure aryballic lekythos with owl and olives
SKU: VO-320
£65.00Price
Height: 17cm
They are made in Greece in the workshop of the Lioulias family, with whom It's All Greek is proud to have been working since 2004.
