TOP QUALITY GREEK MEGARIAN BOWL WITH CHERUBS/ANIMALS 3rd-2nd cent.BC

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TOP QUALITY GREEK MEGARIAN BOWL WITH CHERUBS/ANIMALS 3rd-2nd cent.BC:
$855.60

Afine and quite rareGreek HellenisticMegarianbowl with very attractive moulded decoration of cherubs and animals.Black slip.

Intact and in choice condition, the black slip preserved over the whole bowl and with crisp moulded decoration. As fine as they come.

110 mm x 67 mm

2nd/3rdcentury BC

The Megarian bowls were the Greek precursors of the later Roman \'Samian\' ware. During the Hellenistic period, vessels of chased metals were greatly sought after and potters of the time tried to imitate the form and decoration. Relief or impressed designs were widely used, as was ribbing, to try and give a \'look and feel\' of metal. Painted decoration was rare, using a technique where paint was applied over a thick black slip. The usual decoration for bowls, cups, dishes and plates would be naturalistic motifs, such as palmettes and rosettes and in rarer instances figurative motifs.

Ex Collector Antiquities, UK (from his personal collection). I will provide my usual lifetime guarantee of authenticity and COA to the buyer along with the COA from Collector Antiquities.