Etruscan Bucchero Kyathos. c.540-460 B.C. A terracotta kyathos or single-handled cup composed of a carinated body with deep shoulder, high handle, slender stem and broad foot. See Rasmussen, Bucchero Pottery from Southern Etruria, p.116; pl.36, no.203, is closest in form to this example (this is Rasmussen’s kyathos type 4b). 340 grams, 17.7 cm high (7 in.) Private Orange County collection, USA. Ancient Resource, auction 28, 1 March 2014, lot 220. Private Australian collection. Accompanied by an illustrated two page collector's cataloguing document. Accompanied by a copy of the Ancient Resources listing. The kyathos was used to ladle wine mixed with water from a krater into a drinking cup. Rasmussen, ibid., notes that this is the commonest of the kyathoi in the first half of the sixth century, and most examples can be dated to this period. The type begins in the last quarter of the seventh century and may last up to the third quarter of the sixth. Rasmussen notes that the handle is given a plain crest or is simply thickened and is usually surmounted by a flat button as in this instance. Such pieces may be undecorated or, alternatively, have incised lines or vertical striations on the bowl, as well as groups of incised lines. Turfa, Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery, p.199, suggests that this simple form with the flattened crest or button on top of the handle, the most canonical of its category, seems to have been made in Caeretan workshops, and probably elsewhere; Tarquinian examples were more ornate. There are many parallels and variants on this type. Examples include CVA Parma – Museo di Antichità II, pl.6.5 (Inv. C.308), height 17.0cm, dated to the second half of the sixth century; example from first half of sixth century from Orvieto in the Etruscan Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MS 3214); published as no.202, in Turfa, ibid., p.199. Hayes, Etruscan and Italic Pottery in the Royal Ontario Museum, p.79, no.C27, is an example at 17.5cm high with two groups of four shallow grooves (in continuous spirals) around lower part of body. [No Reserve] For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price

Fine condition, handle restored.