Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
$300.00
Light orange-brown fine clay, lustrous black gloss all over except resting surface (partially) and junction of the body and foot. Shallow body with low rounded wall and incurved rim, rounded on top. Wide ring foot, with convex exterior, grooved resting surface; bottom slopes down, center is scraped. On the floor, four stamped palmettes clustered around center, surrounded by wide band of rouletting. Intact. H. 1.4″ (3.6 cm), D. 4.2″ (10.1 cm).
See: Sparkes B.A, Talcott L. The Athenian Agora XII, Black and Plain Pottery of the 6th, 5th, and 4th Centuries B.C. 2 vol., Princeton, N.J., 1970, 131-132.