Greek Hellenistic Redware Mastoid Bowl

**Originally Listed At $200**

Ancient Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. late 3rd to 1st century BCE. A redware pottery bowl with a deep red color and a simple impressed stamp design around the interior base. Megarian style bowls, by being mold-made rather than thrown on a wheel, allowed artisans to produce bowls with intricate stamped designs that we believe are in imitation of more expensive metal bowls. They were made to be owned by people aspiring to wealth, or at least an appearance of it. Bowls like this one were used as drinking cups, replacing the kantharos. Lucite ring stand for photography purposes only. Size: 5.625" W x 3.5" H (14.3 cm x 8.9 cm).

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private Dr. K. B. collection, Munich, Germany, since the 1970s

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Condition Report: Age-commensurate surface wear, small nicks and chips to rim, and fading to interior stamped designs. Light earthen deposits and nice root marks throughout.