Greek Athenian Geometric painted pottery skyphos cup
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A fine pottery skyphos cup with linear and zig-zag painted decoration around the upper body.
Culture
Greek, Athens, Early Geometric II, c. 875-850 BC
Size
6.7 x 18 cms including handles
Condition
Some surface pitting and accretions as seen in the photographs, no repairs or restoration of any kind
Provenance
Ex. private collection, Paris, France; acquired mid to late 20th Century. Traces of a mid 20th Century collection number inscribed below one handle “157”.
A very similar skyphos was acquired by Lord Elgin in Athens, and now in the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1977-1207-34
For a closely related example in the Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens, please see: https://cycladic.gr/en/exhibit/ng0199-skifos
For another skyphos, probably from the same workshop as our example, please see: Athens, National Museum: inventory number 15326 (Published: Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: ATHENS, MUSEE NATIONAL 1, III.H.D.4, PL.(002) 2.5).