Rare precursor of a bell krater
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Object number
AR1828
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Bell krater
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| Material: |
Yellowish clay with black and red painting
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| Date |
First half 7th century BC, possibly slightly later Beginning of the Orientalizing Period |
| Description: |
Large, bell-shaped vase. Conical foot, flat shoulder, cylindrical neck. Gently curved handles, attached to lip at same height. The body is decorated with black ribbons. Below the shoulder dot decoration. Shoulder with radiate ray decoration, neck decorating with sigma shapes Very interesting precursor of the bell krater which was widely used in later times. Unpublished handle shape. The obvious Corinthian influence allows an attribution to the Greek or Etruscan culture. |
| Size: |
Height 29cm, Diameter ca 23cm.
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| Condition: |
Professionally restored from several fragments, decoration very well preserved.
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2014 in a British auction house, ex private British collection. Acquired in the collection in the 1990s.
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| Authenticity: |
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