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LOT 0562

Greek Attic Black-Glazed Kylix

CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.

6 1/8 in. (230 grams, 15.6 cm wide).

A black-glazed kylix or stemmed cup created without handles, composed of a D-section bowl with attractive whorl pattern to the centre, everted rim, spool-shaped stem and discoid foot; old label with '37' to the outside of the bowl.

Provenance

Ex Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819?-1899), France.
Private collection, acquired on the French art market in 2009.

Literature

Cf. Sparkes B.A., Talcott L., The Athenian Agora XII, Black and Plain Pottery of the 6th, 5th, and 4th Centuries B.C., 2 vol., Princeton, New York, 1970, p.138.

Footnotes

This Attic pottery type, developed towards the late 6th century B.C., made from a fine light tan clay with a semi-lustrous black gloss, except for the edge and underside of discoid foot. Usually this kind of handleless kylix evidences a shallow, segmental form body with the lip curving inward and being slightly offset on the exterior. A wide circle in black is usually visible on the underside of the foot.

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LOT 0562

Greek Attic Black-Glazed Kylix

Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)

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