Greek Hellenistic Megarian Redware Bowl
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100% of the Hammer price of all lots sold in this auction will be donated to Community Food Share by Artemis Gallery. $1.00 = 3 meals!
**Originally Listed At $300**
Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 1st century BCE. A redware pottery bowl embellished with several registers of impressive abstract decorations in low relief around the exterior walls to the base. From top to bottom, this vessel presents registers of repeating enclosed horizontal lidded alabastrons, a quartet of lyres interspersed around projecting palmettes and teardrops, and an encircled eight-petal flower in the center. Bowls like this one were used as drinking cups, replacing the kantharos. Scholars believe that such ornate Megarian-style bowls were modeled upon the forms and designs of luxurious metal bowls. Size: 5" W x 3.2" H (12.7 cm x 8.1 cm).
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection
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#142895
**Originally Listed At $300**
Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 1st century BCE. A redware pottery bowl embellished with several registers of impressive abstract decorations in low relief around the exterior walls to the base. From top to bottom, this vessel presents registers of repeating enclosed horizontal lidded alabastrons, a quartet of lyres interspersed around projecting palmettes and teardrops, and an encircled eight-petal flower in the center. Bowls like this one were used as drinking cups, replacing the kantharos. Scholars believe that such ornate Megarian-style bowls were modeled upon the forms and designs of luxurious metal bowls. Size: 5" W x 3.2" H (12.7 cm x 8.1 cm).
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#142895
Condition
Minor nicks to rim and body, with softening to some raised details, and a few stable hairline fissures, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits throughout.“To eliminate hunger in Boulder and Broomfield Counties through engagement, collaboration, and leadership…”
Community Food Share is a Feeding America food bank serving those in need with access to fresh, nutritious food and nutrition education, with a special emphasis on children, seniors, and other populations of greatest need.
Community Food Share is a Feeding America food bank serving those in need with access to fresh, nutritious food and nutrition education, with a special emphasis on children, seniors, and other populations of greatest need.
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Greek Hellenistic Megarian Redware Bowl
Estimate $550 - $825
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