Lot 69
Magna Graecia, Apulia, Canosa, early Hellenistic Period, ca. late 4th century BCE. A pretty example of a volute krater, with a wide, inverted-bell form and spool-shaped volutes atop its gently sloping strap handles. The neck is decorated with the winged head of a woman, and the shoulder/body looks like it once had a similar motif below that. Chevrons and flourishes are painted elsewhere on the piece. Sun or flower-like motifs are painted on both sides of the volutes. Canosa, or Canosion as it was known then, was a major center of the ceramics and pottery trade when it was a Greek polis. It produced truly unique pottery, completely different in decoration style (although not in shape) from earlier and neighboring traditions. The clay is buff, with the decoration applied directly to it without the use of slip. The entire body was covered with white slip, with a second ground of reddish-pink color applied over the background where designs have not been drawn. Size: 7.5" W x 12.45" H (19 cm x 31.6 cm)
Provenance: private Davis Collection, Houston, Texas, USA; ex-private New York, New York, USA collection
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- Condition: Handles are detached where they meet the shoulder; one has been repaired. Small chips from base, rim, and one volute, with encrustation, root marks, and surface wear commensurate with age. Some of the motifs are faded. All original pigment.
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