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Black-glazed Kalpis, Attic Greek, c. 450 – 400 B.C.

terracotta

Height: 17.5 cm
Width between handles: 17.3 cm

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Provenance

Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819 – 1899), St. Nicholas-les-Arras, France; Inventory number 55, sold through Jack-Phillipe Ruellan Sale, Vannes, France;

Baron Lorne Thyssen-Bornemisza, London, UK; Acquired in 2014 by a private collection of HG, London, UK; Acquired in 2020.

Literature

Compare to F. Knauß and J. Gebauer, Black is Beautiful, Griechische Glanztonkeramik, Munich 2019, p. 37, cat. no. 16. Also see Beazley archive vase number 1011956, published in Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Poland, Collections Diverses, 44, Pologne 113, pl. 1, no. 12.

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