Greek black-glaze bowl, Campania, c.350 BC
Terracotta
Height: 6.2cm, diameter: 17.8cm
10657
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The tondo of the shallow bowl is decorated with a stamped design, consisting of five bands of rouletting surrounding eight palmettes which are linked by dotted swags,. At the centre...
The tondo of the shallow bowl is decorated with a stamped design, consisting of five bands of rouletting surrounding eight palmettes which are linked by dotted swags,. At the centre is a swastika design contained within a square. A sharp groove encircles the lower exterior wall of the bowl, above the foot. The bowl has a rounded lip with gently incurving profile, and is set on a raised ring base, the underside reserved but the resting surface with black glaze. Some misfiring to one side and signs of stacking in the kiln to the floor of the interior. Intact. An old Charles Ede label to the interior of the foot E2588 Campania 4th cent BC. A separate hanging label with 'Black glazed bowl with impressed decorated interior tondo.Greek colonies of S Italy, 4th century BC £165 (crossed through) £150', the other side with P23460, 475T CYRTQ
Plates like these with incurving rims were a creation of the 4th century BC, and lasted well into the Hellenistic Period. Rouletting is the most common form of decoration for them, along with palmettes, but few have as many bands as the present example, nor are they generally as complex and detailed in the stamping.
Plates like these with incurving rims were a creation of the 4th century BC, and lasted well into the Hellenistic Period. Rouletting is the most common form of decoration for them, along with palmettes, but few have as many bands as the present example, nor are they generally as complex and detailed in the stamping.
Provenance
Charles Ede Ltd, London, UK; acquired c.1965 or earlierLiterature
For the stamp work see Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Capua, Museo Campano III, pl.27, no.3For the form see Brian A. Sparkes and Lucy Talcott, The Athenian Agora, Vol.XII, Black and Plain Pottery of the 6th, 5th and 4th centuries BC, Part 2 (Princeton, 1970), pl.33, no.833