Black-glazed Attic mug with thin flaring rim lip, curved wall slightly offset from the bulged foot. Low strap handle. The flat underside reserved bearing a small circle at center.
For a similar shape cf. item no. 191 in: B.A. Sparkes, L. Talcott. The Athenian Agora. Black and Plain Pottery. Princeton 1970.
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Rare hand-modeled Villanovan cup with a vertical handle flanked by two small stylized rotelles. Five tiny knobs applied just below the rim.
This small vase orientates on larger pottery and may have been confectioned as a child’s toy.
The jug belongs to the Ansone Culture which was located in Campania and formed part of the Villanova c ...click for details
Black-figure depiction of naked youths with clamydes that cover their shoulders and bystanders clad in cloaks. All figures hold spears.
The scene is framed with ivy garlands on the sides and buds alternating with dots on the marked shoulder. A row of tongues emerge from the ridged junction to the neck.
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Large ornate vessel with wide funnel-shaped mouth and vertical handles alternating with raised left hands. The hands enhanced with stripes. Dots on the back of the hand, the forefinger and the little finger.
On the shoulder metopes with painted panels and dotted spaces over ivy garlands.
For a closely related vase cf. no. 211 in: Electa Napoli. L’art des peoples italiques. Geneva 1993.
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Rare depiction of a fountain house with a woman and a bearded nude satyr stepping forward to reach for a large white hydria at center.
The fountain house is rendered with tall Ionic columns on either side, the band of dotted ovolos above being the roof.
The water pours from two spouts into large ribbed hidriai placed on stands. The ve ...click for details
Terracotta female figure clad in a chiton, the himation drawn over her head. Standing on her left leg, she is clutching some drapery with her bent left arm.
Mannered late Hellenistic style with a very small head and tall body. Rendered with delicate features and an elongated back of the head.
Inspired by Greek Tanagra figurines. This ...click for details
Female figure standing in nice contrapposto accentuated by a virtuous drapery. The turned head with the elaborate hairdo is covered with a pointed sun hat.
Terracotta
Tarentine, 3rd century BC
H. 18.5 cm (7.3 in)
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Globular vessel with a cinquefoil grouped around a central wheel motif. Three leaves filled with red cores, the other two reserved.
Row of dots along the shoulder. The disk rim with a broad band and concentric lines, one more band around the rim edge.
A cursorily rendered star below the strap handle.
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The medallion decorated with the head of a satyr with wild locks and curled heavy beard. The face shows a fleshy nose, full lips and wide open eyes topped by marked eyebrows. The bold head with fine floccus. Goat-like ears.
Satyrs and silens were a very popular subject in the decoration of gutti.
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Black-glazed vessel with a medallion showing a Nereid riding on a Hippocamp – a prancing horse with a fish tail – to the left. The Nereid is holding an ovoid shield that covers her left arm and her shoulder.
The depiction belongs to a cortege of Nereids carrying the arms of Achilles. The Nereids were sea nymphs and sometimes shown riding dolphins or ketoi (sea snakes).
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