Rare Miniature Megarian Pottery Handled Cup

**Originally Listed At $500**

Greek colonies (Magna Graecia), Hellenistic Period, ca. 2nd to 1st century BCE. A beautiful miniature bowl, made from red ceramic, with a skyphos form - a deep body with a disc foot and two loop handles just below the rim. The surface is decorated with a series of abstract relief columnar symbols. Megarian style pottery, by being mold-made rather than thrown on a wheel, allowed artisans to produce bowls with intricate stamped designs that we believe were inspired by more expensive metal bowls. They were made to be owned by people aspiring to wealth, or least an appearance of it. Size: 4.45" W x 2.65" H (11.3 cm x 6.7 cm)

Provenance: The Dere Family Collection, New York, USA, assembled 1970s-2000s; ex-Richard Wagner Collection, Massachusetts, USA, acquiredin 1960s

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Condition Report: Tiny chips, nicks, and scratches from surface commensurate with age. Light deposits, mainly on interior.