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An Impasto Kantharos with Incised Decoration

2.800 CHF

Net for Export

Iron Age

Villanovan, 2nd half of 7th century B.C.

Clay (impasto)

Height: 13.5 cm (with handles)

The vessel’s cylindrical body is decoratively incised all over and has a central cinch dividing it into two registers. The upper register contains a frieze of stylised floral elements (vaguely reminiscent of Phoenician palmettes) and above it a band with wave motif. The lower register contains a frieze of inverted triangles, above it a band with wave motif and below it a band with zigzagging bundles of lines. Conical tapering to foot below the area of decorative incising; a nub (centred between the handles) marks the transition on each side.  Low, round foot. Vessel attributable to the incised impasto ceramics from the Faliscan-Capenatic region. Brown impasto, in places with reddish miltos. Handle reattached. Missing piece of the rim restored.

PROVENANCE

Formerly priv. coll, Rome. Communication of possession to the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archaeologici di Roma on 24 February 2004 (Prot. no. 5542).

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