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Attic Stamped Amphoriskos
Circa 425-400 BC
Description:
A lovely thin-walled black-glazed amphora in
miniature with elegant stamped designs. A row of upright palmettes
encircle the upper body at its broadest point, while another row of inverted
palmettes on the tapered portion of the body mirrors the top. Between
these bands are three distinctive grooves encircling the center of the
vessel. The flat shoulder bears a band of miniature palmettes interrupted
on either side by two daintily curved handles smoothed into a narrow neck with
thin flat overhanging rim. The vessel stands on a dainty three-tiered
foot. The lustrous black glaze has been thinly applied rendering a
somewhat mottled appearance where the pinkish-orange color of the clay is
revealed. A rare and elegant shape on the Attic repertoire.
Height: 3.6 in. (9 cm)
Condition: Intact with minor surface wear around the rim. Affixed to a small plexiglass stand.
Provenance: Formerly a British property. Also ex: private collection formed in the 1950-60s.
Reference: See Greek and Italian Black-Gloss Wares and Related Wares in the Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto 1984) by John W. Hayes, no. 40 for the type from Athens. Also see In the Shadow of the Acropolis: Popular and Private Art in the 4th Century Athens (Boston/Utah 1990) by John J. Herrmann, Jr., no. 39.
Price: $ 2,900
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