FIVE DAUNIAN PLATES DATING: V-IV sec. a. C. MATERIAL AND TECHNIQUE: clay depurated chamois, engobe ivory; varnish orange and brown; modeled in fast lathe. Dishes with flared rim and shallow basin, two with painted rim and phytomorphic decoration with palmettes and heart-shaped ivy leaves, three with concentric rings. PRODUCTION: Daunian ceramics with bands. STATE OF CONSERVATION: four whole, varnish evanide, one partially recomposed from two fragments DIMENSIONS: diam. mouth. from cm 24 to cm 21 ORIGIN: private collection, Bari The lot, according to Italian law, is not exportable / This lot, according to Italian law, can not be exported

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