COLLECTION OF DAUNIAN KYATHOI AND ASKOS WITH GEOMETRIC DECORATION

Ca. 550 - 400 BC. A collection of three vessels with geometric decoration, including two kyathoi and an askos. The kyathoi each have a shallow rounded bowl, a slightly everted rim, and a high strap handle with a forked zoomorphic terminal. They are decorated with bichrome bands, linear panels, and hatched motifs. The askos has a rounded body, angled spout with a strainer mouth, and applied zoomorphic protomes, with concentric bands, diamond motifs, and dark painted registers across the body. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 65.11.8. Size: 110-185mm x 135-165mm; Weight: 1.06kg Provenance: From a private UK collection; London market acquisition; earlier part of a Swiss collection spanning the 1980s–2007.