Daunisch Terracotta Kyathos - 11 cm
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Directed the Ifergan Collection Museum, specialising in Phoenician and Mediterranean archaeology.
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Daunian terracotta kyathos with a loop handle, dating to ca. 550–500 B.C., height 11 cm and diameter 12.5 cm, in intact condition with minor nicks, provenance including a 2025 purchase from a Swiss private collection and prior ownership in England, Switzerland and Denmark.
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Tall-walled terracotta kyathos with a loop handle. Light-brown clay with finely preserved black and red painting. On the base of the bowl there are typical red and black circles as well as red dots with parallels in the scholarly literature (see photo in the literature). Inside and outside, it is painted with black and red bands. On the underside there is a four-spoked wheel.
Form XIII, Type 6, Subgeometric Daunian II (De Juliis: The Geometric Ceramics of Daunia. Florence 1977; cf. photographs Forschungsliteratur)
ORIGIN: Southern Italy
PERIOD: 550–500 BCE.
Dimensions: Height: 11 cm (without handle: 5.5 cm), Diameter: 12.5 cm (without handle: 10.7 cm)
WEIGHT: 205 grams
CONDITION: Intact. With minor dents, as shown in the pictures.
PROVENANCE: Acquired in 2025 from an antiquities online shop; previously a Swiss private collection B.M. (acquired in 2006); prior to that, the Clive Sawyer Collection, England. A copy of the invoice for the 2025 acquisition will be made available to the buyer upon request.
Comparison objects:
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010267820
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Tall-walled terracotta kyathos with a loop handle. Light-brown clay with finely preserved black and red painting. On the base of the bowl there are typical red and black circles as well as red dots with parallels in the scholarly literature (see photo in the literature). Inside and outside, it is painted with black and red bands. On the underside there is a four-spoked wheel.
Form XIII, Type 6, Subgeometric Daunian II (De Juliis: The Geometric Ceramics of Daunia. Florence 1977; cf. photographs Forschungsliteratur)
ORIGIN: Southern Italy
PERIOD: 550–500 BCE.
Dimensions: Height: 11 cm (without handle: 5.5 cm), Diameter: 12.5 cm (without handle: 10.7 cm)
WEIGHT: 205 grams
CONDITION: Intact. With minor dents, as shown in the pictures.
PROVENANCE: Acquired in 2025 from an antiquities online shop; previously a Swiss private collection B.M. (acquired in 2006); prior to that, the Clive Sawyer Collection, England. A copy of the invoice for the 2025 acquisition will be made available to the buyer upon request.
Comparison objects:
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010267820
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Details
Culture
Daunisch
Century/ Timeframe
ca. 550-500 B.C.
Name of object
Kyathos
Acquired from
Gallery / Antique dealer
Year acquired
2025
Material
Terracotta
Country acquired from
Denmark
Condition
Intakt
Previous owner acquired from
Private collection
Height
11 cm
Previous owner - year acquired
2006
Width
10.7 cm
Previous owner - country acquired from
Switzerland
Depth
12.5 cm
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