Classical World, Italy, Etruria, Etruscan culture, ca. 768 to 264 BCE. A wheel-thrown pottery vessel for drinking wine known as a kantharos. The vessel presents with a discoid foot beneath a tapered stem, a deep basin with tall, flared walls, and a pair of openwork handles projecting off the sides. The entire vessel is covered in lustrous jet-black glaze characteristic of Bucchero ware vessels. The kantharos form can be traced as far back as the 8th century BCE, and in later times kantharoi were prominently featured as subjects on black- and red-figure vases, often carried by Dionysus or Herakles. Size: 7.5" W x 5.375" H (19 cm x 13.7 cm)
Provenance: ex-Walter Earl collection, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, formerly property of state senator and ex-speaker of the house for Alaska, before 2000
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Condition
Minor nicks to rim, lower body, and handles, with light abrasions in scattered areas, otherwise intact and very good. Great remains of black glaze throughout.