Greek black-glaze mug, 5th-4th century BC
Terracotta
Height: 11cm, diameter at rim: 9.6cm
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Drinking vessel with a small, bifurcating loop handle attached from the rim to the top of the shoulder. The body has tightly space vertical lines, the short neck is concave and has a wide spread rim. The surface is covered in a particularly metallic-looking black glaze. The base is flat and has remains of a miltos wash. The interior is roughly painted with black glaze and has large dribble marks. Intact.
Provenance
Private collection of A.L., Bavaria, Germany; acquired in the 1970sLiterature
Compare F. Knauß and J. Gebauer, Black is Beautiful, Griechische Glanztonkeramik (Munich, 2019), kat.71
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