Description:

Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. late 3rd to 1st century BCE. A pretty redware pottery bowl with a pale red color and stamped abstract designs around the exterior base. 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. Size: 5.2" W x 3.05" H (13.2 cm x 7.7 cm)

Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection

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#141874

  • Condition: Tiny chip from rim; otherwise in nice condition with light deposits on surface.

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