Francesca Hickin
Head of Department
Lot 21
A Daunian pottery askos
3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£1,200 - £1,800
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Siobhan Quin
Senior Specialist
A Daunian pottery askos
Circa 5th Century B.C.
With a short cylindrical spout and conjoined strap handle, a small stylised conical tail at the base of the handle, the rounded body decorated with horizontal bands and waves, details in added brown, 27cm high
Circa 5th Century B.C.
With a short cylindrical spout and conjoined strap handle, a small stylised conical tail at the base of the handle, the rounded body decorated with horizontal bands and waves, details in added brown, 27cm high
Footnotes
Provenance:
Desmond Morris collection, Oxford, acquired in the 1970s at Sotheby's, London.
For a similarly shaped askos with wave banding, see the Beazley Archive, vase no. 1009774, from Collezione Rossi, Locarno, acc. no. 97.