PAIR OF BLACK-GLAZED BOWLS WITH STAMPED DECORATION

Ca. 400 BC. A pair of black-glazed bowls, including, from left to right: a shallow bowl on a low foot, with concentric rouletted bands and stamped square motifs in the centre; and a deeper bowl with rounded sides and a broad rim, the tondo stamped with palmettes arranged around a star pattern enclosing a central mask, all within encircling rouletted bands. Size: 160-180mm x 35-60mm; Weight: 590g Provenance: From a London private collection; previously part of a Dutch collection formed between the 1970s and 1980s. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1814,0704.508; 1978,0317.10.