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
$450.00
Light orange-brown clay with deeper red-orange surface wash. Black glaze all over, except for the bottom of bowl, upper and resting surface of foot, underside of bottom. Shallow rounded body with flattened rim; tall near-cylindrical foot, tapering towards top. Ring handle attached flush to the rim. Bottom: wide band in black, dilute slip circle with dot in a circle in the center. Body mended from three pieces. H. 1.6″ (4.1 cm), D. 4.4″(11.2 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, 127; Rotroff S.I. The Athenian Agora. Hellenistic Pottery. Athenian and imported wheelmade table ware and related materials.Vol. XXIX, part 1.Princeton, N.J., 1997, p.86..