Daunian Kantharos
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Object number
AR2474
| Object: |
Kantharos Drinking cup or bowl with two high handles |
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Beige clay with dark painting
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| Date: |
About 4th - 2nd century B.C., possibly slightly earlier Hellenistic period |
| Description: |
Voluminous bowl with lens-shaped body and high conical neck. With ring-shaped base and two high flat handles. Body and inside decorated with several lines of dark slip, band of tears or dots on shoulder and neck, handles covered with slip on the outside.
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| Size: |
Height 68 mm without and 90 mm with handles, diameter 104 mm without and 146 mm with handles
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| Condition: |
Very good condition, one handle restored, otherwise undamaged with preserved original painting.
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2018 from the German family collection Bergweiler which was formed over several generations. Acquired by Ä. and P. Bergweiler between 1965 and 1967 at Antiquitätenhandlung Hermann Zirkel, Cologne, Germany. Reported to have been found in Apulia (Italy).
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| Authenticity: |
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