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Rare Ancient Villanovan Impasto Kyathos
Rare Ancient Villanovan Impasto Kyathos
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Ancient Europe, northern Italy, Villanovan culture, ca. 7th century BCE. An opulent kyathos formed from buccheroid impasto to present an elegant form of a high-arching handle, a broad hip, a vertically ribbed body, and a raised rim. The kyathos was developed as a dipper, and primarily made by the Greek workshop owner Nikosthenes in the second half of the 6th century BCE; it takes its name from the Greek verb kuein, to contain. Impasto ware means a rough unrefined clay. This is a very early example of a vessel shape that would later become highly refined by the Etruscans and then the Greeks. Size: 8" W x 6.1" H (20.3 cm x 15.5 cm)

The Villanovans inhabited Italy during the early Iron Age, and much of what we know of them comes from excavations of cemeteries (the first at Villanova near Bologna in northern Italy) where they cremated the dead and buried them in pottery urns in a very distinctive, double-cone shape. In the 8th century, Greek colonists arrived in the region, and began to influence Villanovan ceramics and their forms, as with this kyathos.

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection, acquired from Capsule Auctions in 2021; ex-New York, USA collection, 1980s

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  • Condition: Professionally repaired and restored with break lines barely visible. Expected nicks and abrasions to surface, but otherwise excellent with nice remaining pigment.

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