This jug has an owl between olive sprays on the neck, and a nude youth carrying a cloak and a separ or wand on the body.

This type of decoration was made in imitation of the popular red-figure pottery made in Greece and South Italy. It is called pseudo red-figure because it was not created in the same way as actual red-figure pottery, where the red figures are left unpainted by a black slip and therefore show the background colouring of the clay. Here the whole red clay vase was painted in black gloss, then the red figure-decoration was added on top with coloured paint and details were incised.