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Italic Kylix with Woman Holding a Flower, around 400 BC

Italic Kylix with Woman Holding a Flower, around 400 BC


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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Pottery: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1476462
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Bernhard I. Muller, PhD
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Zurich, Switzerland

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 $2,600.00 
Large kylix with the sketchily depiction of a woman in the tondo. The lady takes a smell at a flower in front of her face. The style is cursory, the details keenly applied with a brush.
Singular Italic imitation of a Greek cup, executed by a local artist of limited experience.
For a comparable cup from the Peucetian settlement of Ruvo, cf. fig. 6.6 in: Ada Riccardi. The Italic People of Ancient Apulia. Cambridge 2014.
The firing process was stopped too late turning to a warm red-brown what should have been a black glazed surface.
Ceramic
Italic, around 400 BC
D. 20.5 cm (8.1 in)
W. over handles 28.5 cm (11.2 in)
H. to rim 6 cm (2.4 in)
Intact. Fine quality and condition. Misfired glaze.
Bavarian collection, in family possession since 30 to 40 years. Thence German art market.
Joined by a search of the Art Loss Register database, dated April 07, 2014.

The authenticity of the object is unconditionally guaranteed.