Greek black glaze pottery mug
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Object number
AR3136
| Object: |
Mug
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| Material: |
Red clay with glossy metallic black slip, only inside of base is reserved.
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| Date: |
Ca. 4th century B.C. Magna Graecia (greek colony in Southern Italy) |
| Description: |
Voluminous mug with ring-shaped base, short flat shoulder, short cylindrical neck, wide lip and a bi-furcate handle. Body decorated with grooves. |
| Size: |
Height 69 mm, diameter 91 mm
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| Condition: |
Body in very good condition. Two fragments at lip restored and one reconstructed, minor chips, handle re-attached.
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| Reference: |
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum 6, Pl. 28.1-2 (the mug shown there decorated below the lip)
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2021 from a North Germany private collection. Acquired between 1980 and 1985 at auction house Schwarzer Bär Roland A. Exner, Hanover, Germany.
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| Authenticity: |
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