Apulian kylix from Red-Swan-Group
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Object number
AR2243
| Object: |
Kylix (flat wine cup with two handles)
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| Material: |
Red figure pottery Red clay with black slip |
| Date: |
Second half of 4th century BC
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| Description: |
Shallow bowl with two horizontal handles and small foot shaped as a ring. Outside laurel branches between the handles. Inside laurel wreath, in central tondo swan to the left inside two concentric rings. Vessels of this type were attributed by Beazley to the so-called Red-Swan-Group. |
| Size: |
Diameter 223 mm with and 157 mm without handles, height 49 mm
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| Condition: |
Excellent condition, only minor wear. Interesting patina.
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| References: |
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Göttingen, Archäologisches Institut der Universität 1, Pl. 43.5-7, with further references for Red-Swan-Group vessels
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2017 from the German private collection M. Voos, inherited in this from the German private collection H. Herbst. Acquired for the Herbst collection in 1976 to 1978 in London, probably at Davies Antiques Gallery.
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| Authenticity: |
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