Description:

Northern Italy, Villanovan culture, ca. 800 to 700 BCE. A black kyathos, a single-handled dipper for wine, with small projections emerging from its sides and an incised pattern around its lower body and on its handle, perhaps designed to mirror a cast bronze form. This is an early example of a vessel shape that would later become highly refined by the Etruscans and then the Greeks, and the handle here, which in later versions towered high above the body of the vessel, is small and looped. The body is made of impasto, a coarse earthenware that is a precursor to Etruscan Bucchero. Size: 4" L x 5.2" W x 3.25" H (10.2 cm x 13.2 cm x 8.3 cm)

Provenance: private Carlton collection, Los Angeles, California, USA acquired between 1965 and 1980

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#127869

  • Condition: Handle is repaired, with a small loss to the top of the strap. Nicely preserved decoration.

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