{"product_id":"etruscan-bucchero-kantharos-1","title":"Etruscan Bucchero Kantharos","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Central Etruria, Archaic Period, ca. 600–550 B.C., \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWheel-thrown earthenware fired in reduction to a lustrous black burnished surface, the deep carinated bowl decorated at the waist with a notched toothed-ridge band and raised on a short ringed stem above a flaring disc foot, with two tall looped strap handles rising elegantly above the rim; kantharoi were wine-drinking vessels used in banquet and ritual contexts, and the form is closely associated with wine service and Dionysian imagery in the ancient Mediterranean. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003emeasures 4⅜ in. high x 7¼ in. wide (11.1 x 18.4 cm), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecompare closely with published and institutional examples such as Vassar CC48.178, VMFA 68.168, and examples discussed in Ines Jucker, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eItaly of the Etruscans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Provenance: Ex Collection D., Vienna, acquired at Dorotheum, Vienna, 1970s–1980s. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53630733386042,"sku":"17514","price":1800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17514ze.jpg?v=1781910898","url":"https:\/\/howardnowes.com\/products\/etruscan-bucchero-kantharos-1","provider":"Art for Eternity","version":"1.0","type":"link"}