DAUNIAN BICHORME JUG WITH MOULDED HANDLE

Ca. 600 - 550 BC. A bichrome wheel-thrown jug vessel with a broad, flared rim surrounding a wide mouth. The cream-hued vessel is elaborately decorated with black and brown bands to create striped, circular, and geometric motifs. A tab handle in the shape of a stylised animal connects the body to the rim. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 91.1.449. Size: 260mm x 200mm; Weight: 1.45kg Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgium art market; Daniel Bogaerts, Brussels, 1995.

Estimate: GBP 450 - 900