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
$900.00
Fine, light cream-brown clay; glossy black slip; thin red wash on reserved areas. Steep thin walls, curving at rim, two horizontal handles with round cross-section; low foot with bi-conical profile. Two barely visible lines below handles; bottom and lower wall above foot reserved, red washed. Band above foot with thin stripes in black. Bottom: thin, dilute slip circle with dot in a circle in the center. Mended. H. 3.8″ (9.5 cm).
See: Hayes. J. W. Greek and Italian Black-Gloss Wares and Related Wares in the Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, 1984, p.11, cat. 14.