Rare daunian thymiaterion (incense berner)
€2,500
available
Object number
AR3380
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Thymiaterion, incense burner
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| Material: |
Fair clay with red-brown painting
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| Date: |
End of 4th - early 3rd century B.C. Daunian pottery |
| Description: |
High, broad base with small rectangular feet. Slender, partially profiled central support with torus and sphere surmounted by the bowl of the thymiaterion. Two bars with roundels below the bowl. Richly decorated with friezes of dashes, triangles, lozenges, laurel leaves, palmetes and wave scrolls.
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| Background: |
The Daunian poeple 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.
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| Size: |
Diameter 125 mm, height 220 mm.
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| Condition: |
Exceptional condition. Some chips at rim of the top bowl, three of the feet re-attached, otherwise complete and intact, including the delicate handles and the original painting.
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2022 at Jean-David Cahn AG, Basel, Switzerland. Ex Swiss private collection Hans-Ulrich Rutschmann, acquired in the 1950s - 1970s.
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| Authenticity: |
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