Classical World, Italy, Etruria, Italo-Corinthian, Geometric Period, ca. 625 to 600 BCE. A beautiful wheel-thrown pottery bowl with a deep basin and a discoid rim atop a wide, flared foot and a tall pedestal base. Concentric horizontal bands of applied red slip cover most of the exterior surfaces, and a register of stylized, right-facing avian figures are presented in a characteristically geometric style. The bowl's basin is decorated in a bullseye-style motif, and panels of thin linear stripes adorn the rim. Vessels like this example were found in tombs located across much of Southern Etruria and contained various types of funerary offerings for the deceased. Size: 9.7" W x 7.75" H (24.6 cm x 19.7 cm).
For a similar example with a register of fish, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 59.141: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/255058
Provenance: private Southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s
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Condition
Vessel and foot professionally repaired from multiple large pieces with small nicks, light restoration, resurfacing, and overpainting along break lines, with some stabilization material in scattered areas. Minor nicks to rim, foot, pedestal neck, and bowl, with fading to areas of original pigmentation, and some light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits and traces of original pigmentation throughout.