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THBMycenean Bi-chrome Ewer - Papyrus Plants
Lot 43
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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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Early Ancient Greece, Mycenaean, ca. 1100 to 950 BCE. A wheel-thrown bi-chrome red on cream ewer with an apple-shaped body rising to a cylindrical neck that gently flares to a wider mouth, and a tubular handle joining rim to shoulder - all upon a slight ring base. The surface is beautifully adorned with a large register of four papyrus plants with spiraled tendrils and stylized blossoms - a pair to either side of one open-petaled flower - and several petite abstract star or spider-like motifs also occupying the field. This register is framed by a thick red band above and three red bands below; finally, the interior rim and handle are also adorned with red pigment. Size: 7.125" W at widest point x 7" H (18.1 cm x 17.8 cm)
Mycenaean pottery wares usually display stylized representations of plant and marine life with a penchant for minimalistic fine-line designs. This style was greatly influenced by the earlier Minoan peoples residing on Crete and in time would influence the pottery of Archaic and Classical Greece.
This period is so named for the palace at Mycenae, famed in Homeric legend as the opulent seat of King Agamemnon. Excavations at the palace at Mycenae revealed an elite and long-lasting society with a great deal of wealth. This extended to the workshops of artisans who produced pottery like this vessel both for use in Greece and throughout the Mediterranean world; shiploads of similar jars went out as far as the Levant and Spain, carrying oil, wine, and other commodities.
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Dr. Sid Port collection, California, USA, acquired in the 1980s
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#146167Handle repaired from 3 to 5 pieces with slight touch up to the paint. There is a section of repair to one side of the lower end of the handle that was refired. Spall to one side of the handle. Tiny TL hole visible on the base. Expected surface wear with nicks/chips and scuffs/losses to pigment as shown, though most of the attractive decorative program remains vivid. Scattered deposits on exterior. Encrusted deposits on interior walls.Condition
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