Greek black-glaze single-handled cup, Athens, 5th century BC
Terracotta
Height: 8.6cm, diameter of cup: 11cm, width including the handle: 13.4cm
11151
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The lip of this thick-walled cup is inset and concave, the rim everted, the body deep and curving in towards the base. The ring handle is attached from the rim...
The lip of this thick-walled cup is inset and concave, the rim everted, the body deep and curving in towards the base. The ring handle is attached from the rim to just below the inset lip, the body raised on a ring foot. The surface is covered in a metallic black glaze, the reserved underside has a red wash and a dotted circle at the centre, a band of black on the inner wall of the foot. Traces of a rectangular blue bordered old collection paper label to the base. A later, circular label with ‘V63’ in blue ink. A hairline crack through the body, some retouching of the glaze.
Provenance
Giorgio Sangiorgi (1886-1965), Rome, Italy
Ernst Langlotz (1895–1978), Bonn, Germany; acquired early
1930s–late 1960s, collection number V63
Michael Langlotz, Switzerland; 1978–2013 by descent from the above
Charles Ede Ltd, London, UK; acquired 2013
Private collection, UK; acquired from the above 7th May 2015
The type-written note by Langlotz states that “A lekanis (bowl) and small goblet from the same workshop were found in the same grave. (San Giorgi).”
Literature
Rare. For the type compare Brian A. Sparkes and Lucy Talcott, The Athenian Agora, Vol. XII, Black and Plain Pottery (Princeton, 1970), pl.11, no.195
Publications
Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch, Antiquities, Including the Collection of Ernst Langlotz (1895-1978), (London, 2013), no.23