Daunian jug with high handle
€880
available
Object number
AR3190
| Object: |
Daunian jug with high handle
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| Material: |
Orange clay with beige slip and black painting.
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| Period: |
550 BC to 450 BC. Subgeometric II, Italic Iron Age. |
| Description: |
Jug with globular body and large flat base. Constriction at the neck, from which a wide lip opens. With a high handle designed as a wide band, the shape of which may have been inspired by a kyathos. Two holes are on the sides of the handle, above the lip.
Elaborate geometric decoration of bands, lines and rhombuses on the body, lip and handle.
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| Background: |
The Daunian people immigrated from Illyria and lived in the Apulia region. Iron Age Italy was a patchwork of different peoples with their own traditions and pottery styles. The manufacturing centers of Daunian ceramics were primarily Ordona and Canosa di Puglia. Production began around 700 BC with hand-shaped vessels, which were not yet inspired by the motifs of the Greeks. It was only later that the greek way of production on the wheel and the treasure of motifs was adopted. Daunian pottery corresponded to the Greek-Geometric style. Even when potters in Greece turned to the oriental style, the Daunians retained their geometric style and brought it to a late flowering. The vessel discussed here can be assigned to that late blossom, the so-called sub-geometric style.
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| Dimensions: |
16.4 cm diameter including handle, 16.0 cm diameter excluding handle. 19.6 cm height including handle.
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| Condition: |
Excellent condition. The handle has been professionally restored. The body is well preserved including the original paintwork. Impressive vessel.
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| Provenance: |
Acquired by us in 2021 on the British art market. Previously in the British Edwards family posession. Acquired before April 1983 by J. O. Edwards (1911-2000). A copy of an insurance appraisal of this object from April 5th, 1983 is available.
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| References: |
Cf. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, accession no. 82.2.593. Cf. Christie's New York, auction 2450 "Antiquities", June 9th, 2011, lot 118 (two Daunian pottery vessels, sold for 3000 USD). |
| Authenticity: |
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