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LOT 0502

Proto-Corinthian Painted Pottery Cup

7TH CENTURY B.C.

6 1/4 in. (70.9 grams, 16 cm).

Broadly conical in form, with rounded shoulder, inverted rim, two slender D-shaped handles and gently splayed foot; painted polychrome concentric bands to the inner and outer faces and geometric sunburst pattern around the foot; restored.

Provenance

Acquired in the 1960s-1970s.
Ex European private collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

Cf. for identical pattern of eight rights with contiguous bases, springing from the join of the foot, see fragments of an oinochoe from Sardis, in Schaeffer, J.S., Ramage, N.H., Greenwalt, C.H., The Corinthian, Attic, and Laconian Pottery from Sardis, Harvard, 1997, cat. 30, pl.8.

Footnotes

Cups of this typology, with glaze covering the body and even the foot occur in abundance at most sites where Corinthian imports are found. In Proto-Corinthian (soon after the middle of the seventh century) one finds both linear ornament and a neat, lively figure style, mostly with animals, which is inspired to some extent by eastern motifs such as lions and panthers.

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LOT 0502

Proto-Corinthian Painted Pottery Cup

Sold for (Inc. bp): £650

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