LOT 74 Greek Black-Glazed Athenian Plate
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5th-3rd century B.C. A black-glazed plate or shallow bowl with D-section rim and everted foot, pierced twice for suspension, painted apotropaic eye decoration to the centre of the bottom. Cf. Walsh J.St.P.W., Antonaccio, C., Athenian Black Gloss Pottery: a view from the West in Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 33 (1) 47-67, 2014, pp.47-67, fig.12. 212 grams, 13 cm wide (5 1/8 in.). Private collection, acquired in the 1970s-1980s; thence by descent. Private collection, since 1998. Athenian black pottery was used throughout the Greek ecumene. Greek use of kraters, amphorae, oenochoes, psykters and other c during the symposium helped to create a sense of the banquet as a band of brothers (as noted in frequent literary references). In the specific case of Morgantina in Sicily, the use of Athenian c that resembled traditional metal vessels, alongside shapes of various traditions in different wares, could also have signalled alliance between the feasters. For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price
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