Greek black-glaze mug, South Italy, Campania, c.325-300 BC
Terracotta
Height: 10cm, diameter: 6.9cm, width including the handle: 8.4cm
10276
Black glazed thistle cup, on a tall foot, the handle made up of two conjoined strips which bifurcate to form spurs where it joins the collar lip. The stem of...
Black glazed thistle cup, on a tall foot, the handle made up of two conjoined strips which bifurcate to form spurs where it joins the collar lip. The stem of the pedestal foot reserved as is the resting surface. The surface with a metallic black glaze. An old Charles Ede label to the base 'Campanian, late 4thC BC E789 A5'. Intact, some chips to the rim and foot, small losses to the glaze.
Provenance
Private collection, Yorkshire, UK; acquired from Charles Ede Ltd, 1972Literature
Compare Charles Ede, Collecting Antiquities; an Introductory Guide (London, 1989), p.25, no.62Publications
Sotheby's, Antiquities, 14th February 1972, lot 94Charles Ede, Catalogue 87 (London, 1972), no.58