Greek Hellenistic Megarian Blackware Stemmed Chalice

Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 1st century BCE. A lovely mold-formed blackware pottery vessel with a raised program of palm leaves coursing across the exterior midsection. The broad, hemispherical vessel rests atop a tiered foot and a squat stem and bears a narrow register of downward tongues atop the foliate motifs. A thick, flared rim surrounds the deep basin to keep the vessel's contents safely within, and the entire composition is covered in matte black pigment. Size: 6.7" W x 4.9" H (17 cm x 12.4 cm)

Provenance: private Orange County, California, USA collection

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Condition Report: Chips to foot and rim, with minor softening to some raised details around exterior, fading to pigment in scattered areas, and thin areas of calcifications within interior, otherwise intact and very good. Nice remains of iconography around exterior and pigment throughout. Old label beneath foot.