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Pedestal bowl
Italic, Sicilian
Early Bronze Age
about 1800–1500 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Italy, Sicily
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Castelluccio Ware
Dimensions
Height: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Dora S. Pintner Fund
Accession Number1996.335
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionBuff clay, decorated inside and out with geometric motifs in brown paint, including lattice-work and chevrons. Chips missing from rim; mended breaks in the body.
Conical body rising to a wide straight mouth; from the narrow waist, a shorter, narrower cone descends as a hollow foot; strap handle joins the bowl to the foot.
Conical body rising to a wide straight mouth; from the narrow waist, a shorter, narrower cone descends as a hollow foot; strap handle joins the bowl to the foot.
ProvenanceBy 1996: with Christie's South Kensington, 85 Old Brompton Road, London SW 7 3LD, England (Christie's auction 7376, October 17, 1996, lot 11); purchased from Christie's South Kensington, November 20, 1996