Description:

Classical World, Etruria, Italy, ca. 5th century BCE. A large ceramic stamnos with slightly upturned handles. The body is bulbous, tapering to a very narrow base and a diminutive disc foot. In contrast, the mouth flares out widely from the top of the vessel, with a thick, rolled rim. A raised border of concentric rings decorates the rim. Like many examples of non-funerary stamnos (which could be painted in red-figure or black-figure motifs), this one is painted a plain red color now with liberal manganese blooms. Size: 15" W x 12" H (38.1 cm x 30.5 cm)

The word "stamnos" is still in use in modern Greek, and indeed may have been in use in ancient Etruria too. This type of vessel was used for holding wine, oil, figs, or salted food - for example, Aristophanes used a line about a "stamnos of Chian wine arriving." Many had fitted lids. Various illustrations of this type of vessel in use show it holding liquids and being used to pour.

Provenance: Property from the George R. Francoeur Trust, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, sold to benefit the George R. Francoeur Scholarship Fund at Cranbrook Academy of Art

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  • Condition: Two small pieces of rim reattached else intact and excellent. Liberal black manganese blooms appear throughout the interior and exterior, interior with uncleaned deposits.

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