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Canosan oinochoe found in Sezze area

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Object number
AR2609
Object: Oinochoe, so called Canosan ware

Material: White clay with partially preserved grounding

Date: 2nd half 4th century BC
Early Hellenism

Description:    Delicate high jar with ovoid body and trefoil mouth. Discus-shaped base, steep shoulder, high strap handle.

Size: Height 26.2 cm, diameter 10.5 cm

Condition: Restored from several fragments, missing parts professionally restored in gray.

References: Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Braunschweig, Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Pl. 47.3
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, University of Illinois 1, Pl. 47 (here an Apulian red-figure piece).

Literature: Der Neue Pauly II (1997) 965f. s.v. Canosiner Vasen (R. Hurschmann)
E. van Wielen-van Ommeren, La céramique hellénistique de Canosa, in: Proc. of the 3rd Symposium on Ancient Greek and Related Pottery (Kopenhagen 1987) 665-673

Provenance: Acquired 2018 from the German private collection P. Schaefer. Inherited by Mr. Schaefer from his father, August Schaefer, who acquired the objects for his collection end of the 1950s in Augsburg (Germany) from Dr. Bruckner. Since then all objects have been located in Germany. Dr. Bruckner had acquired the objects end of the 1950s in Sezze (Latium, Italy) from a local farmer. All objects were said to have been found in Sezze area.

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