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THBGreek Boeotian Pottery Kantharos w/ White Ivy Motif
Lot 28c
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Ancient Greece, Boeotia, ca. 450 to 425 BCE. A fabulous Boeotian kantharos, boasting an elegant silhouette with a cup-shaped body, a flared rim, and a pair of high-arching handles that connect base to rim, all supported by a tubular leg and a discoid foot. A lustrous black glaze with lovely areas of rainbow and silver iridescence envelops the entirety of the ancient vessel, save a slender ring of bare terracotta that adorns the periphery of the foot. The exterior of the body is additionally embellished by skillfully hand-painted fugitive white pigments that form an upper register of an ivy vine with leaves and berries, as well as a lower register of repeated, vertical S motifs, each separated by a petite circle. A true treasure and perfect conversation piece for your next symposium! Size: 7.9" Diameter x 9.3" H (20.1 cm x 23.6 cm)
The Etruscans in Italy produced bucchero kantharoi in the late 7th or early 6th century BCE and the shape was later adopted by Boeotian potters. The kantharos is a cup used to hold wine, possibly for drinking or for ritual use or offerings. The kantharos was also an attribute of Dionysus (Roman Bacchus), the god of wine who is oftentimes depicted holding this type of vessel. Satyrs, bestial goat-men associated with Dionysus, and Maenads, women who joined in the revelry of Dionysian festivals, were also commonly portrayed on painted pottery holding a kantharos.
Cf. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993.197.
Provenance: private East Coast collection, New York, New York, USA, acquired before 2010
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Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#170785Repaired from a few pieces and handles reattached with restoration and repainting over break lines. Some expected nicks and abrasions, commensurate with age. Otherwise, excellent with nice remaining pigments and lovely iridescence to glaze.Condition
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