Guttus with Spout and Strainer

A small drinking vessel known as a ‘guttus’. It is a small container designed to fill other vessels, such as oil lamps, via its spout located on the body (which is slender and tapered on the vase in question). As its name suggests, the liquid flowed from it only in small quantities or drop by drop.The shape, size and technique thus allow us to date the production of this vase to Magna Graecia, during the first half of the 4th century BC.