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
$650.00
Fine light orange-brown clay; semi-lustrous black gloss. Body and foot black except for resting area of the foot and underside. Shallow, segmental form body; wide concave offset rim-band on inside. Low heavy foot, molded, black circle at the center of the underside. Two thick handles with round cross-section applied horizontally, lifting up above rim level. Incised graffito S? on the underside. Ancient repairs (3 pair of holes along the seams). Body mended.
H. 2.8″ (7.1 cm), D. 7.9″(20.1 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, for the type 101-2.