Description:

Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. late 3rd to 1st century BCE. A redware pottery bowl with a stamped design around the exterior, centered on the base, which is rounded and has a large floral motif stretching up to a narrow register just below the rim. These Megarian style bowls, by being mold-made rather than thrown on a wheel, allowed artisans to produce bowls with intricate stamped designs that we believe are in imitation of more expensive metal bowls. They were made to be owned by people aspiring to wealth, or least an appearance of it. Bowls like this one were used as drinking cups, replacing the kantharos. A particularly pretty example. Size: 4.9" W x 2.9" H (12.4 cm x 7.4 cm)

Provenance: private Orange County, California, USA collection acquired before 2000

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#126227

  • Condition: One side of the bowl has been repaired, with overpainting along the repaired edge and around it. Some tiny chips from rim. Excellent remaining detail of design.

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