Lot Essay
Cf. CVA, Great Britain 15, Castle Ashby, pl. 53/10,14 [sold Christie's, London, 2nd July 1980, lot 23ii]
LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Details
An Attic black glazed West Slope ware balsamarion
Late 4th-early 3rd Century B.C.
With spread bevelled lip, two 'handles' (thin loops of clay pressed against the shoulder throughout their length) and a spread foot, two grooves around shoulder filled except below handles with pale buff, pale buff colour for decoration lying between grooves
A: Berried wreath
B: Square panel of nine squares between two square panels, to the left filled with diagonal cross-hatching to the right with a cross having each triangular section filled with lines, row of fine dots above, (intact save minor chip to lip and foot)
5 3/8in. (13.8cm.) high
Late 4th-early 3rd Century B.C.
With spread bevelled lip, two 'handles' (thin loops of clay pressed against the shoulder throughout their length) and a spread foot, two grooves around shoulder filled except below handles with pale buff, pale buff colour for decoration lying between grooves
A: Berried wreath
B: Square panel of nine squares between two square panels, to the left filled with diagonal cross-hatching to the right with a cross having each triangular section filled with lines, row of fine dots above, (intact save minor chip to lip and foot)
5 3/8in. (13.8cm.) high