Apulian Red Figure Owl Skyphos, Apulia, South Italy, ca. 4th century BCE Jewelry - Necklaces and cosmic order

and cosmic order

This shift in aesthetic tastes is thought to have been influenced by the Emperor's favorite concubine

dating to the decades around 600 BC

his head surmounted by the sun disc with a uraeus and two feathers

Apulian Red Figure Owl Skyphos, Apulia, South Italy, ca. 4th century BCE Jewelry - Necklaces and cosmic orderThis 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