CIRCA 525-475 B.C.

Details

A DAUNIAN POTTERY ASKOS
CIRCA 525-475 B.C.
With vertical cylindrical spout and loop handle, painted in dark brown bands following the contours of the body, linear motif on the spout and twin hanging pendant 'legs' below a triangular body on each side, repaired; and a pottery olla, the twin loop handles with notch at the apex, between two horned protomes, painted in dark brown, the squat body with chequerboard pattern 'metopes' and friezes of wavy and offset lines, the broad funnel-shaped rim with arcs, some wear to glaze, 475-425 B.C.
8 1/8 in. (20.7 cm.) and 10¼ in. (26 cm.) high respectively (2)

Provenance

Desmond Morris collection; acquired during the 1970s.

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Lot Essay

Cf. S. Cassani (ed.), The Art of the Italic Peoples from 3000 to 300 B.C., Naples, p. 311, no. 204 for a kyathos with similar triangular motif to item one, perhaps representing a man; previous literature refers to it as a 'double bird'. For similar to item two, cf. Cassani, op. cit., p. 321, no. 211.

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