Greek black-glaze ribbed mug, Athens, c.475-425 BC
Terracotta
Height: 6.8cm, diameter of lip: 7.5cm, width including the handle: 9.9cm
11150
Further images
The mug with a particularly lustrous glaze is of a straight-sided, cylindrical form with seven equally-spaced, precisely moulded, horizontal ribs. An applied ring handle just below the lip. The base...
The mug with a particularly lustrous glaze is of a straight-sided, cylindrical form with seven equally-spaced, precisely moulded, horizontal ribs. An applied ring handle just below the lip. The base is flat with a slightly raised foot running around the circumference. The underside is reserved, the resting surface glazed. Intact, some minor incrustation.
Provenance
Royal Athena Galleries, New York, USA; acquired from the art market in Lugano, Switzerland, 1988Private collection, Wiltshire, UK; acquired from the above 2016
Literature
Compare Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Bochum, Kunstsammlungen der Ruhr-Universitat 2, pp.72-73, pl.75, no.9And for a similar example from South Italy compare Beazley Archive vase no.1002953, published in Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Cleveland Museum of Art 2, pl.(1851),105.5