A Greek pottery lip-cup
Ionian, Archaic Period, circa 575 BC
Height: 9.2 cm; diameter between the handles: 18 cm
The East Greek cup is of elegant form with a tall hollow stem flaring out to a delicately modelled foot. On the exterior the stem, handles, lower part of the bowl are painted black, with additional black bands at the offset lip and rim. The interior of the bowl is decorated with fine black painted concentric circles with a broader circle and dot in the centre.
Provenance:
Aitken Collection, London, UK, acquired in the 1970s-90s.
with Charles Ede Ltd, London (Catalogue 183, 2011, no. 16).
Private collection, London, acquired from the above on 13 January 2012.
Literature:
This type appears infrequently on the market and given its elegant and delicate form, is in very fine condition. The type can be differentiated from its Attic equivalent by the fine interior lines which are added in red in Athenian examples.
For a similar example in the Ashmolean, (acc. no. 1929.782) see Beazley Archive Pottery Database no. 700012. Also see Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Louvre IX, Paris, p. 593, pl. 1, nos. 14 and 17.
Condition:
Repaired across the bowl. Minor restoration to the foot.
£ 5,500.00
