South Italian Skyphos
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Object number
AR2231
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Skyphos
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| Material: |
Red clay with black glaze
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| Date: |
About 4th - 3rd century B.C. Magna Graecia, Greek colony in Southern Italy |
| Description: |
Almost cylindrical body, with ring-shaped base and two horizontal handles. Covered with black glaze on the inside and outside, 4 decorative groove rings inside.
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| Size: |
Height 81 mm, diameter without handles 84 mm, with handles 140 mm
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| Condition: |
Stable cracks on one side of the body, otherwise undamaged and in very good condition. Old sticker "80A CPJV DV" from Davies Antiques.
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| Reference: |
See Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Bochum, Kunstsammlungen der Ruhr-Universität 3, 93-94, Pl. 69.6
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| Provenance: |
Acquired by us in 2017 from the private possession of M. Voos, Germany. Inherited by M. Voos from the German private collection H. Herbst. Acquired in 1976 - 1978 from Davies Antiques Gallery, London. The original invoice is preserved.
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| Authenticity: |
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