MASSIVE DAUNIAN FUNNEL KRATER

Ca. 550 - 400 BC. A massive terracotta funnel krater with a globular body, broad shoulder and wide funnel-shaped mouth. Two high loop handles are set vertically on the shoulder, alternating with horned animal protomes. The upper body is painted with broad horizontal bands, followed by a geometric frieze of interlaced lozenges and a pendant scallop border. Further dark bands encircle the lower body, leaving the rounded base plain. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1970.11.11. Size: 290mm x 370mm; Weight: 3.8kg Provenance: From a London private collection; purchased in Germany; earlier in a Holland-based collection assembled during the 1980s–1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

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