Magna Graecia, Southern Italic, Daunian, ca. 4th century BCE; Central Asia, Bactrian, ca. 2nd Millennium BCE; Near East, Holy Land, ca. 1st century CE; Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A fine collection of ancient vessels made from alabaster, terracotta, and bronze. The Daunian ceramic is a lovely kyathos or dipper, with a characteristic horizontal looped handle attached to a shallow bowl with a subtly in-curved rim that is decorated with concentric circles on the interior walls and lip. The Bactrian bronze vessel is a kohl jar with a flared foot base, a tiered, conical body, and a small opening for a stick applicator. The other pottery piece is from the Holy Land region of the Roman empire with a squat form, flat base, a shallow interior cavity, and thick handles. The Egyptian alabaster jar has a dense, egg shaped body, with a thick lip, and a vertically drilled interior cavity. Size of alabaster jar: 2.3" Diameter x 3.125" H (5.8 cm x 7.9 cm); Daunian cup: 4.75" L x 3.75" Diameter x 1.75" H (12.1 cm x 9.5 cm x 4.4 cm)

Provenance: private C.Q. collection, Lexington, Virginia, USA, acquired in 2016; ex-Ancient Resource, Montrose, California, USA

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#167070

Loss to rim of Daunian vessel, fading to pigments and surface abrasions. Alabaster jar has abrasions and fissures to base and chips to lip, otherwise intact. Bronze jar has losses to rim and pin hole perforations to the body in several areas. Heavy green patina! Surface abrasions to Holy Land pottery jar, mineral and earthen deposits, and remains of red pigments.