A Greek black-glazed pottery mug
circa 4th century BC
Height: 9.2 cm
Provenance:
Christos Bastis Collection, New York, acquired before the 1990s
Sotheby's, New York, The Christos G. Bastis Collection, 9 December 1999, lot 144
The body with vertical ribbing, a flaring cylindrical neck and a double-reeded handle bifurcating where it joins the rim and forms spurs, the entire surface is black-glazed.
The mug was a versatile shape that could be used as a drinking cup, a laddle, or as a measure. For a similar example see, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no. 1983.571.4.
