Richly decorated Megarian bowl from an old German collection
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Object number
AR1977
| Object: | Deep hemispheric bowl |
| Material: | Red clay with dark red engobe and scorch marks |
| Size: | Height about 80 mm, diameter 133 mm. |
| Condition: | Excellent condition worthy of the exhibition in a museum. Professionally restored damage that is visible only upon a dedicated inspection. Well-preserved rich slip layer. |
| Dating: | about 250 - 150 BC Late Roman Republic |
| Description: | Hemispheric bowl. On the bottom medaillon displaying Nike riding a biga to the right. From the medaillon an alternating decoration composed of pointed palmettes and leafs or blossoms with a central dotted line. Over the floral decoration egg and dart. Very delicate and sophisticated pottery. It is worth pointing out that no parallel piece with a Nike medaillon could be found in the Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum database. Rare and interesting piece. |
| References: | Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Italy 46, Parma Museo Nazionale II (Rom 1970) III N Taf. 1.1-2 Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, DDR 1, Schwerin Staatliches Museum (Berlin 1972) Taf. 50.1-3 Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Great Britain 11, Cambridge Fitzwilliam Museum II (Oxford 1936) Taf. 29.1;3 |
| Provenance: | Bought 2013 in a traditional US auction house. Ex German collection. |
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