Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos
Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos
Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos
Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos
Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos
Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos
Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos
Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos
Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos
Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos
Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos
Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos
Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos
Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos
Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos
Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos
Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos
Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos
Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos
Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos

Greek Black Glaze High Handle Pottery Kantharos

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Athens or South Italy, circa 5th to 4th century BC.

Of elegant, symmetrical form with deep rounded body, a tall, hollow stem foot  with reserve band.  The broad mouth is slightly everted with a rounded lip. Two high-swung, solid vertical handles spring from the upper body just below the rim and return to the shoulder in exaggerated, hook-like curves, creating a striking silhouetted profile characteristic of Classical kantharoi used for wine drinking.

The exterior glaze, originally intended as a uniform black, has fired to a mottled range of reddish-brown to black, with extensive surface weathering, root marks, and mineral accretions from burial that now articulate the vessel’s contours and emphasize its plastic volume. 

Condition: Body with stable age crack and handle repair. No apparent restoration. The vessel stands upright and retains a pleasing, balanced profile, making it both a useful shape for typological comparison and an aesthetically satisfying example of plain Classical tableware in black-glazed technique.

Size 5 inches Height x 6 inches width handle to handle . 

Provenance Mr. T.D., Cannonville, Utah Acq 1970s.

 


 


 

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