Large decorated Messapian two-handled jar
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Object number
AR2491
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Large double-handled jar
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| Material: |
White - yellowish clay with brown and orange painting
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| Date: |
About 4th century BC Messapian culture which settled in today's Apulia region in Italy |
| Description: |
Piriform body with ring base. Central opening without neck, rim rounded, strap handles to either side. The entire vessel is nicely decorated with bands around the body in dark brown and orange slip, floral devices around the shoulder and lines around the mouths as well as tongues on each handle.
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| Size: |
Height 22.8 cm, diameter 24.1 cm.
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| Condition: |
Perfectly preserved, no damages or restorations. Very rare for such large vessel. Deposits throughout.
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| Reference: |
See Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Capua, Museo Campano 4, IV.B.AC.6, IV.B.AC.7, Pl. 3.5, but much more elaborated work that the piece shown there
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| Provenance: |
Acqured 2018 from the US-american art market, in this from a UK Essex-based private collection, acquired in the 1950s.
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| Authenticity: |
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