Bucchero Ware Krater
1050-850 BCE
Description
Cypro-Geometric I-II. Ovoid body, wide neck, small flaring off-set foot. On central and lower part of body, fluted surface covered with black slip. Shoulder, neck, and handles reserved. Designs in dull black. On neck, vertical bands of parallel lines enclosing latticed lozenges at center, chevrons at each side; bands around rim inside and outside; ladder pattern on lip; wavy lines on handles; black band and ridge at junction of neck and shoulder. Five horizontal incised grooves encircling lower portion of shoulder. Very definite foot with narrow stem, covered with black.
Dimensions
H. 30.5 x diam. 27.6 cm (12 x 10 7/8 in.)
Related Artworks
View MoreTerracotta
3rd century BCESouth ItalianNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Dongnuan ge louxia yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the East Heated Chamber, main floor) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseProto porcelain: stoneware with ash glaze
5th-4th century BCEChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze
18th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th-4th century BCEGreekExport blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryChinesePewter
18th centuryGermanDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekSilver with incised decoration
14th centuryChineseNorthern russet ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze
12th centuryChinesePlaster