Description:

Ancient Greece, Cyprus, Cypro-Geometric III, ca. 850 to 750 BCE. A wheel-thrown terracotta drinking cup known as a kylix with a broad foot, a squat stem, a tall body with thin walls, and a gently flared rim above a pair of loop handles. Atop the red-orange terracotta is a ground layer of beige-hued slip with a red ring around the rim interior, thin concentric black stripes within the interior and along the exterior surfaces, and abstract foliate motifs within two broad exterior panels. Additional black pigment embellishes the handles, foot, and stem. Size: 6.7" W x 4.6" H (17 cm x 11.7 cm)

For a strikingly similar example with avian motifs, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 74.51.514.

Provenance: ex-Richard Wagner collection, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA, collected in the 1960s

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  • Condition: Repairs to areas of rim, body, stem, and foot, with light restoration in some areas, and resurfacing with overpainting along break lines. Nicks and abrasions to rim, handles, body, and foot, with fading to original pigment, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits, root marks, and pigmentation remains throughout. Old inventory label and old inventory number written in black ink beneath foot.

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