Sold for $3,125

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

A Lucanian Black-Glazed Column Krater

Circa 2nd Half of 6th Century B.C.

Height 16 inches (40 cm).

Provenance:
Private Estate, Connecticut, acquired in the mid-1980s.
(with signed statement from estate executor)

Note:
For a comparable krater with similar handles and connecting arches, see a Terracotta Column-Krater (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Inv. no. 66.11.16).

Condition Report

Repaired from multiple large fragments, with fill and overpainting in the breaks to mask repairs; overpainting in the painted areas recognizable, with some areas now crackling and flaking. Heavy surface wear, chips, incrustation, some pitting, and losses throughout.

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