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Skyphos; Magna Graecia, Apulia, 4th century BC. Ceramics. Restoration on fracture line visible in photo. Measurements: 10 x 26 cm (with handles); 19 cm (diameter without handles). The shape is what gives us the typology to which this ancient Greek pottery belongs. The skyphos is a deep wine cup, with two handles and a low and wide base, or without base. The handles may be small and horizontal, projecting from the rim (in Corinthian and Athenian forms), or they may be loop-shaped, placed on the rim or protruding from the base. The present example does not belong to the well-known categories of red figures or black figures, but has only a black glaze or enameling. The black glaze technique employs the same glaze used on the red and black-figure ceramics, but covering the piece completely, without figurative decoration. It was a transparent raw glaze, which adopted its characteristic black tone, intense and shiny, once fired. These pieces come from the region of Apulia, in southern Italy, where Daunia is located, currently coinciding with the province of Foggia, and Mesapia, in the southern part of the region. From 320 B.C. onwards Athens no longer exported pottery, and only a few vessels were made and given as prizes to athletes in the Panathenaeans. The pottery of the Italic Peninsula then took the place of Athenian pottery in the Mediterranean market. It presents restoration in fracture line visible in photo.

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Skyphos; Magna Graecia, Apulia, 4th century BC. Ceramics. Restoration on fracture line visible in photo. Measurements: 10 x 26 cm (with handles); 19 cm (diameter without handles). The shape is what gives us the typology to which this ancient Greek pottery belongs. The skyphos is a deep wine cup, with two handles and a low and wide base, or without base. The handles may be small and horizontal, projecting from the rim (in Corinthian and Athenian forms), or they may be loop-shaped, placed on the rim or protruding from the base. The present example does not belong to the well-known categories of red figures or black figures, but has only a black glaze or enameling. The black glaze technique employs the same glaze used on the red and black-figure ceramics, but covering the piece completely, without figurative decoration. It was a transparent raw glaze, which adopted its characteristic black tone, intense and shiny, once fired. These pieces come from the region of Apulia, in southern Italy, where Daunia is located, currently coinciding with the province of Foggia, and Mesapia, in the southern part of the region. From 320 B.C. onwards Athens no longer exported pottery, and only a few vessels were made and given as prizes to athletes in the Panathenaeans. The pottery of the Italic Peninsula then took the place of Athenian pottery in the Mediterranean market. It presents restoration in fracture line visible in photo.

Estimate 900 - 1 000 EUR
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