Magna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, Campania, ca. 4th century BCE. A gorgeous wheel-thrown pottery mug of a sizable form with a flat base, an apple-shaped body, a squat and lightly corseted neck topped with a flared rim, and a bifurcated handle arching from the shoulder and bisecting once it meets the rim. The body is further decorated with twenty-one pattern-molded vertical ribs that imbue the vessel with a signature Campanian presentation. The vessel is enveloped in a lustrous glaze of a jet-black hue and is further accentuated with areas of silvery iridescence that have formed over time. Campanian wares were one of the five types of pottery known to be produced in the Greek South Italic Colonies and were made by Greek colonists in the cities of Capua and Cumae. Size: 4.9" W x 5.2" H (12.4 cm x 13.2 cm)
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection, acquired in 2016; ex-Arte Primitivo Gallery, New York, New York, USA; ex-Artemis Gallery; ex-private New Jersey, USA collection; ex-private B. Mussin collection, San Diego, California, USA
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#152838
Condition
Minor nicks and abrasions to rim, body, handle, and foot, with very light fading to original black glaze color in some areas, otherwise intact and excellent. Light earthen deposits and fabulous traces of original black glaze pigment throughout. Old inventory label beneath base.